Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

30 reviews

aisclaradm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Amazing and terrifying. I had seen and loved the film and thought that maybe knowing the story would make the experience of reading it less enjoyable, but the slight differences in the story to the film and the way the suspense is written made it as spooky and fascinating as it could possibly be. Everything made sense, and every action by the protagonist was rational — I felt utterly engrossed in the story, and felt truly chilled as I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit

crow_ley's review

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

5.0

This is my favourite book of all time, just read it after 4 years again and loved it. this is such a classic, gothic ghost story and it really sucks you in to the world, i felt like it was all happening to me which made it so much more terrifying. i struggled to put this book down, it is amazingly well-written, i would strongly recommend!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, and Animal death

leahfigiel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Do not read this late at night! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

booksojwhi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, and Grief

Minor: Animal death

tillynancy's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Gore, and Grief

thereadingdude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

braggsy's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

_teoeo's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Death

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Pregnancy

reading_for_pluto's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief