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La donna in nero

Susan Hill

3.65 AVERAGE

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

the ending SPOOKED me i really wasn’t expecting it
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A great quick read. Suspenseful and chilling. The film differs to the text, reason by which I would recommend reading the novel. 
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Can't say that I was super impressed. I might have expected a lot because I saw the movie trailer shortly after having taken this book out from the library and I think I got a false idea of what the book was about, but it wasn't what I was expecting and I felt that it fell a little flat. It took nearly 3/4 of the way through the book to get my first bought of "breath-catching" and there was never a time I felt spooked reading it at night, which to me is a big indicator of just how spooky a mystery/thriller is.
It was a great concept, but I was very much like "well duh!" at the end. I still might see the movie but it looks like they jacked up the crazy quite a bit and turned it into more of a zombie/thriller instead of the classic, British ghost story that it read like.

A classic English ghost story!
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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DID NOT FINISH: 12%

Early on I could just tell I don’t like the sentence structure or writing style. Too many books out there too keep going. 
dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No