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| Original Title: | The Little Stranger |
| ISBN: | 1594488800 (ISBN13: 9781594488801) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Dr. Faraday, Caroline Ayres, Roderick Ayres, Angela Ayres, Betty, Peter Baker-Hyde, Diane Baker-Hyde, Gillian Baker-Hyde, David Graham, Anne Graham, Bill Desmond, Helen Desmond, Raymond Rossifer, Morley Baker-Hyde, Maurice Babb, Jim Seeley |
| Setting: | Warwickshire, England,1949 Warwickshire, England,1947 |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (2009), Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2010), Shirley Jackson Award Nominee for Novel (Finalist) (2009), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction & Mystery/Thriller (2009) |
Sarah Waters
Hardcover | Pages: 466 pages Rating: 3.54 | 41606 Users | 5880 Reviews
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One postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country physician, is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once impressive and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. Its owners—mother, son, and daughter—are struggling to keep pace with a changing society, as well as with conflicts of their own. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr. Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become intimately entwined with his.
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| Title | : | The Little Stranger |
| Author | : | Sarah Waters |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 466 pages |
| Published | : | April 30th 2009 by Riverhead Books |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Horror. Mystery. Gothic. Fantasy. Paranormal |
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Ratings: 3.54 From 41606 Users | 5880 ReviewsNotice Of Books The Little Stranger
This review is going to be like one of those fridge poetry thingymabobs because I'm tired and coherency isn't a top priority of mine right now.Here are some words and phrases that came to my mind after finishing this book, in no particular order.Atmospheric | Subtle| DON'T LOOK THROUGH THE KEYHOLE! | Observations are almost clinical at points | Man, I need to read more of Sarah Waters' books | Passionate | Perfectly paced | Holy twisteroo, Batman | WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?! | Don't go upstairs andThe one thing Ive learned from reading my first two Sarah Waters novels (Tipping the Velvet and The Paying Guests) is the value of patience. She starts things slowly, building character and the environment with deliberate care and copious detail. Plot is secondary, and it can take awhile for the endgame to come into focus. With The Little Stranger, however, my patience nearly ran out. The Little Stranger is a bit of a departure for Waters in that she plays things straight. Sexually, I mean. Her
I was quite torn about how to rate this book and went between 2 and 3 stars. I love most of Waters' books. I loved Tipping the Velvet and Affinity was a great ghost story, but this book was like her other book Night Watch-long, drawn-out and left me wondering what the point was. Faraday, the main character is not really likeable-but that being said, neither are any of the other characters. The book ends with no real wrapping up of any details-though you are left with this feeling that the author
3.5 stars!I have to admit it, I was disappointed in this book. Yes, I gave it 3.5 stars, but I was expecting to give it 5. I know some of you out there know what I'm feeling.I'm not going to get into the plot too much...there's a huge old estate falling into disrepair in post-war England. The estate is as much a character as the people, and I liked it more than some of them. There is the matter of the family that owns the house and the reduction of their status in society. There is the matter of
This was a re-read for me in anticipation of the upcoming adaptation. I have always planned to reread THE LITTLE STRANGER from the very moment I finished it the first time shortly after its release. By then I was already a huge fan of Sarah Waters and had read her entire backlist, so I was delirious for a new novel from her with a gothic feel. While I loved it the first time, I also saw that my own expectations for the book, based in part on the marketing and in part on all the rest of her
Downton Abbey meets The Shining in a house worthy of Daphne du Maurier. A creepy, atmospheric, and puzzling ghost story. Or is it?
Unlike other goodreaders I seem to have come to this book with no great expectations. Sarah Waters is a writer whose books I have acquired in the past purely on the grounds that there are huge herds of them roaming charity shops and second hand book stores (a joy and peril of being a best seller I guess), and therefore they are easy to get hold of for next to no money. Sorry Sarah, I got all your books CHEAP! This one was £1 I think, which is good value when you think that equates to 0.001p per
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