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Book Review of The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger
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Although I enjoyed the writing style, and I never thought about abandoning the read, I can't quite give it a higher recommendation. It's too long, and as I read through pages of details that could have been eliminated (sort of like most of Stephen King's books), I grew less interested in it. Afterwards I am not quite sure there is a satisfying "twist" in there, either. If you are looking for a more straight-forward tale of the supernatural you'll find one in Dorothy MacArdle's The Uninvited. Note: the 2018 movie is well cast, but so dark (I mean literally, like too many nighttime scenes) that it's sometimes hard to follow.