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Waters's style has in here changed into a more straightforward one than for example in Fingersmith, which had nice plot twists and excellent descriptions of the time period. In this even the most mundane things are described with a simple style, and sometimes the story seems to get stuck.
When the spookiest part came, it sent shivers down my spine. Although after the scene the mood kind of collapsed into the same monotonic atmosphere it was before that and never recovered. Waters just squeezes al ...more
When the spookiest part came, it sent shivers down my spine. Although after the scene the mood kind of collapsed into the same monotonic atmosphere it was before that and never recovered. Waters just squeezes al ...more
I recklessly skipped whole passages just to be done with this novel. Curse my neurotic need to try to finish every book that has lead me past the 100-page mark. Unfortunately, I had gotten quite deep into The Little Stranger before realizing that this crap wasn’t going anywhere. The language wasn’t anything stunning; the focus on the characters and their psyche wasn’t especially deep; and the plot was plodding. So what’s left? The ambience was spooky, but couldn’t make up for all that was lackin
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My thanks go to Waters for doing her part to revive the gothic, which is a favorite form of mine but sadly out of fashion these days. She captures the best aspect of that genre perfectly - the sense of dread that can only come when an author allows the reader's imagination to fill in an image of what there is to fear.
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Nov 28, 2009
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
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