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A review by candacesovan
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
4.0
In this novel, Waters once again plays with the idea of the supernatural but in a very different way than she did in "Affinity." I found the novel immediately absorbing (unlike "Night Watcher"), and I felt driven to finish it.
As in most of her books, there are no perfect or entirely good characters, but it's disconcerting to watch the public face of the narrator ever so slowly disintegrate as the book goes on.
I don't want t say much more because I've no desire to take any of the mystery out of it for other readers.
There was one odd thing about the book that nagged at me throughout it: Doctor Faraday's mother worked in the nursery at Hundreds before his birth, and yet the eldest daughter of the squire and his wife was only six years old when our narrator was about ten. So, who exactly was she nursing? Did I catch a glitch or am I overlooking something obvious?
Quibbles aside, I found it a well-written and absorbing story. The end didn't leave me with a satisfied feeling, but then not all good books do. I recommend it, strongly.
As in most of her books, there are no perfect or entirely good characters, but it's disconcerting to watch the public face of the narrator ever so slowly disintegrate as the book goes on.
I don't want t say much more because I've no desire to take any of the mystery out of it for other readers.
There was one odd thing about the book that nagged at me throughout it: Doctor Faraday's mother worked in the nursery at Hundreds before his birth, and yet the eldest daughter of the squire and his wife was only six years old when our narrator was about ten. So, who exactly was she nursing? Did I catch a glitch or am I overlooking something obvious?
Quibbles aside, I found it a well-written and absorbing story. The end didn't leave me with a satisfied feeling, but then not all good books do. I recommend it, strongly.