"The Little Stranger" by Sarah Waters

This book was an unusual read. A large percentage of it was simply a description of the evolution of British society after World War 2, from the perspective of the boring, every day affairs of a small town doctor and a local wealthy family and their deteriorating home. And yet, surprisingly, even those sections were quite interesting. Throw in a malignant supernatural force of subconscious evil desires, released, probably unknowingly, by the doctor, and the book eventually becomes quite bizarre indeed. Nevertheless, there is a bit of something missing, that keeps it from being great. The problem for me was that even though the author finally practically hits you over the head with the doctor's guilt in the destruction of the family, that plot twist never quite feels concrete. I actually went to the GoodReads site to make sure I interpreted the ending correctly.