The Little Stranger

Abundantly atmospheric and elegantly told, *The Little Stranger* is Sarah Waterss most thrilling and ambitious novel yet. After her award-winning trilogy of victorian novels, sarah waters turned to the 1940s and wrote the night watch, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime britain shortlisted for both the orange and the ma...show more

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528 pages

Average rating: 6.88

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Anonymous
Mar 23, 2024
6/10 stars
3.5 stars!

This is listed as horror, but imo, it's less about ~hauntings (although it does mention the possibility of one) and more about psychological breakdowns. We never find out if there's an actual ghost behind all the shit that goes down, but that wasn't really what drew me into the plot. For me, it was about the breakdown of a family post-war, a changing society, and the need to hang onto a past that no longer exists. The characters are fru...read more
LiziB
Feb 23, 2023
10/10 stars
What a delightful and delicate old-fashioned spooky story! There were some grippingly scary moments but mostly it's atmospheric and full of historical detail and human frailty. I wasn't familiar with the author but will certainly look up her other novels. And now that I've reached the ambiguous ending I may have to reread this one with a different eye.

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