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"The Little Stranger" is a near perfect ghost story, even though there is hardly ever mention of the ghost. Told from the doctor's point of view, rational explanations, or at least the search for them, remain paramount throughout, even while the doctor is himself becoming involved in the haunted family's dilemma. The poltergeist-like phenomena cast a gloomy paul over the decay of the English countryhouse in the spectre of a looming 1950's suburbanism, waiting to encroach on and destroy the old B
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I've come to think of Sarah Waters as writing strong and interesting female characters, so I was somewhat disappointed to realize that this book was told from the perspective of a male doctor. He frequently assesses the women in the book based on their physical appearance and their fashion choices, which seemed very male, but also kind of annoying.
But the book won me over with its pacing and its creepy story of the crumbling mansion lashing out at the family living there. I loved the way that th ...more
But the book won me over with its pacing and its creepy story of the crumbling mansion lashing out at the family living there. I loved the way that th ...more
An atmospheric ghost story set in post WWII England around a deteriorating country manor house. The story is told from the point-of-view of a man who grew up in the area and is now a local doctor. Interesting, well-drawn characters. A book that leaves you turning over the characters' choices for awhile after you have finished reading.
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This one was hard to star. I think it is quite a masterful book, which stays true to it's narrative form and for that it deserves at least 4 stars. But I dreaded reading it. I think that was a combo of the increasing anxiety that pervades the book combined with how slowly it builds that anxiety. It did manage to completely scare the crap out of me at one point though.
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