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The Little Stranger

Author: Sarah Waters
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.6

ISBN: 1844086062
EAN: 9781844086061
ASIN: 1844086062

Publication Date: January 5, 2010
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uummmm.... March 9, 2010
S. Dale (Worcestershire UK)
Having read a lot of the reviews, I eagerly read The Little Stranger. A reasonable start, thought the bit with Gip the dog was good and thought this was the start of someting big. It then got very tedious and a little, 'blah, blah, ish' ...but I stayed with it. It picked up its pace in the middle again, but, the ending....well, what a disappointment, who was the ghost???? Or have I completely missed the point. Having not read any Sarah Waters before, not sure atfer this i will either?

2 out of 5 stars

Not at all scary March 9, 2010
Harriet James (Scotland, UK)
I confess to this being the first Sarah Waters I have read. I bought it as part of a pack of the TV bookclub books (even though I am not following that on TV) as I thought it would be a selection of interesting books to read. I was looking forward to being scared and thrilled by it, but I mostly wasn't. A few other reviewers have talked about the dreariness of the house and the flatness of the characters and I agree. The book took a long time to get going and although there were one or two marginally scary parts, I would never in a month of Sundays say that I was 'so scared I had to stop reading' as others have. Perhaps I live in a much more terrifying real world, but I don't think so!
I also thought that there was a certain amount of license - because she had other bestsellers under her belt, that allowed this to get published. If it was her first book and she was sending it off to publishers/agents, would the first 50 pages have got her a call back? I'm not sure. Not much happens in them! I did comment to my husband that I was '150 pages in and it was finaly beginning to show signs of spookiness'.
It was entertaining enough, but overlong and a bit dull. I wasn't really scared throughout it at all.

5 out of 5 stars

the little stranger March 7, 2010
sailing by
This book was chosen by my book group, and I started to read with some trepidation having looked at the blurb which said things like 'I had to sleep with the light on...' But I really enjoyed it, it's a page-turner, set in post-war warwickshire. Technically a ghost story I suppose, but very well written (listed for the Man Booker prize) and dwelling more on the effect of the 'happenings' on the people involved, and the way the same events can be interpreted differently by different people. Recommended!

2 out of 5 stars

A bit disappointing March 5, 2010
2of5 (England)
Overall a good read but annoying. It's the typical "Let me stay and look after you". "Oh no I'm fine, you go home I'll be ok" .......and of course she's not fine and it's not ok! What a surprise.

4 out of 5 stars

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters March 5, 2010
L. A. Stavri (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I listened to this story on CD, and it was enjoyable. But if I had read the book, I think it may have been boring and cumbersome in parts.

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