2.58k reviews for:

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

3.96 AVERAGE

reading_historical_romance's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting

jemima_reads's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

etakloknok's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

frankensteinscreature's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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‘Oh omnipotent Destiny, pull our strings gently! Dance us mercifully off our miserable little stage!’

tgibbs44's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

yunuspapilio's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chloechloe's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

benmar0's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

lexiebex's review against another edition

4.0

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Okay I really liked this one. It took me weeks to finish, but that was no fault of the book. It was a 10/10 Victorian sensation novel and I really loved it. The only thing that keeps me from giving it five stars is the weird way Marian and Walter treated Laura like a child. Not that this really diverges too much from Victorian understandings of gender, but it was still annoying. Also annoying was Marian constantly referring to her weakness as a woman, which weakened an otherwise very strong character.

sktxaryaw's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No