A review by jcpdiesel21
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

3.0

A heavily atmospheric throwback, but ultimately a bit unsatisfying. Waters sets the stage nicely for her story at the creepy setting of Hundreds Hall with the mysterious Ayres family as residents and Faraday acting as reader surrogate to observe the various events as they unfold. However, the pacing is very slow, bordering on excruciating at times, and the book is unnecessarily long, which makes it feel like very little actually occurs over the course of the entire novel. The ending left me with some food for thought with regard to the narrator and the exploration of evil and class as themes is interesting, but overall I found this to be a bit lacking.