Reviews - The Little Stranger

1.85k reviews for:

The Little Stranger

Sarah Waters

3.56 AVERAGE

hotfudge_monday's review against another edition

3.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

mogget85's review against another edition

2.0

2.5 stars. Very atmospheric and lovely writing, but the story drags on a bit too long. Suffers from a lack of resolution as well.

cara_de_mal_humor's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

edithcrawley's review against another edition

3.0

Pretty good book, though it got rather tedious in the last 50 pages or so.

giuliagreen's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

jmoxley's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A good read. Sarah Waters builds the atmosphere of Hundreds, a decaying country house in the 1940s, well. The characters are well drawn and although slow-paced there is enough tension to keep the reader going.

However, I didn’t quite find that this book and gave the same tension as Fingersmith or Tripping the Velvet, and the ending had a subtle hint of a twist rather than any major revelations.