The Little Stranger

Not one of my usual genres, but thought I'd give it a try. Just told myself to think of it more as a mystery than a ghost story. Started out a little slow, but once I got in to it, it moved along. That is until the last 75 pages or so. When authors put questions out there, I like there to be answers. Waters didn't provide any. It was like she got sidetracked by the irritating doctor and forgot to write the payoff to the story.

As for Dr. Faraday, I don't think he was ever in love with Caroline. He was in love with that house - both the house itself and it's connection to his childhood/parents. That's why he was eager to go there that first time and why he continued to wander around the place as it crumbled around him

I honestly kept waiting to read that Susan died as a result of some horrible accident or mistake. Why else would every mention of the ghost/spirit seem to point back to her? The nursery, the scribbles, Mrs Ayers delusions. But nope, just plain old diphtheria. Why would she need to haunt the place then? And if it wasn't Susan, then what was it? I really would have liked some kind of answer - even just a slight nod in one direction of the other.