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Nov 06, 2018SnoIsleLib_LindseyA rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book took me by surprise. Dr. Faraday is our narrator, but by the end of the book my opinion of him had changed completely. I've read one other Sarah Waters book (Tipping the Velvet) and I recall being swept away by it, whereas it took me a while to settle into the world of Hundreds Hall and Faraday's voice. The Little Stranger didn't cause "several sleepless nights," as Stephen King attests on the cover blurb, but Waters truly knows how to set a mood through atmosphere. Hundreds is creepy in its deterioration, a reflection of its fading aristocratic family. If there is a "little stranger" within its walls, why is it so angry? Many of the mysteries of Hundreds are left unsolved, and I find that even eerier than the alternative.