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The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger

Book · Horror books · 17 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/horrorlit, r/suggestmeabook

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Sarah Waters: The Little Stranger.
  • Something like The Little Strangers is more Gothic slow burn.
  • The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. The common element is the idea that ordinary people can create hauntings, not only of places but of our own minds.
  • And I’ll second, The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. I still can’t stop thinking about it.
  • The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters - It’s not horror as such but gothic and creepy with an astral projection theme

Cons

  • People love this book and I'm not sure why. I've even read it twice (a second time because of so many people I respect raving about this book that I had thought I'd missed something). It wasn't for me - although, I did like the writing b...
  • I would call it a great historical fiction novel but a bad horror novel. The middle of the book has at least 100 pages where nothing even vaguely spooky happens.
  • Nothing scary happens, if that's what you're hoping for. I was a little irked that I bothered with the whole thing, frankly.
  • I'm on p100 of The Little Stranger and there has been no indication as yet that this is even a horror novel at all. Might as well be about English country romance or could turn into a war thing.

Sentiment

13 positive (76%) · 3 mixed (18%) · 1 negative (6%)

Trust + time weighted score: +71% · raw score 71%

What redditors said (10 of 17)

Sarah Waters: The Little Stranger.
positive · u/N****s · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Dec 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Something like The Little Strangers is more Gothic slow burn.
positive · u/f****x · r/horrorlit · comment · Dec 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. The common element is the idea that ordinary people can create hauntings, not only of places but of our own minds.
positive · u/O****8 · r/horrorlit · comment · Jul 20, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
And I’ll second, The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. I still can’t stop thinking about it.
positive · u/R****e · r/horrorlit · comment · Jul 19, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters - It’s not horror as such but gothic and creepy with an astral projection theme
positive · u/I****1 · r/horrorlit · comment · Jul 19, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. It’s a slow burn story with low-key supernatural themes and a heavily melancholic vibe. ... for someone seeking a story with emotional depth and texture it’s well worth reading. I personally enjoyed it.
positive · u/p****n · r/horrorlit · comment · Jul 4, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I loved that book. Incredibly atmospheric and very unsettling. Probably not for everyone though.
positive · u/A****7 · r/horrorlit · comment · Feb 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
People love this book and I'm not sure why. I've even read it twice (a second time because of so many people I respect raving about this book that I had thought I'd missed something). It wasn't for me - although, I did like the writing but I felt like it really was never going anywhere until it suddenly was in the final pages.
mixed · u/H****1 · r/horrorlit · comment · Feb 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
It's a book that I really enjoyed, but it's not a horror book really. DNF if you're not into it.
positive · u/C****d · r/horrorlit · comment · Feb 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I would call it a great historical fiction novel but a bad horror novel. The middle of the book has at least 100 pages where nothing even vaguely spooky happens.
mixed · u/T****d · r/horrorlit · comment · Feb 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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