Reviews

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

a_beautiful_soup's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

books_with_lauren's review against another edition

4.0

Read my review here: http://laurencaton.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/the-little-stranger-review/

nyctheaterreader's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

emmafiletti's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

hjf95's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

arelina's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Really tough read, but once I got into it there was a nice almost rhythm to it. 
It felt like almost nothing happened for the first half of the book but second half & last act were good. 
I think the writing style is really wordy(?), which I’m not used to but I do think I liked it. 

annisa_anggiana's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

geenyas's review against another edition

3.0

Not your modern over-hyped ghost story. Slow-moving, and to be honest, many readers will find the payoff at the end unworthy of the effort. Still, well-written, evocative and subtly complex, it suited me okay for a bedside book.

klara1204's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

paganhill's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

A haunted house book? The Little Strangers plays with the notion of is it poltergeists, mental illness, or the change of era. It does all unremarkably but is written fine and in an interesting time period. The main character becomes unlikable in the second half of the book while the ones he interacts with mostly are the more fascinating and likable characters. 
Over all an average story that just ends. The mystery is never very engaging. Perhaps because the main character won’t engage with it in an interesting way.