Reviews tagging 'Grief'

La donna in nero by Susan Hill

31 reviews

morgianlefaye's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol

rivercat0338's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Child death

Minor: Grief and Pregnancy

batcaves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

jojoana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

pipkins973's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Animal death, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

mlebarrow's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

nyssa_jo's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident and Grief

genny's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I know it's a gothic novel so I expected the slow pace, but I was hoping to be more scared 😅 It was more sad than anything, and it was easy to guess the backstory long before Arthur hears it. The atmosphere of Eel Marsh House was great, at least. The scariest part for me was

when the dog, Spider, nearly drowned...because poor doggy

. I don't know, I'm a little disappointed. It wasn't a bad book, I suppose I just didn't get what I wanted from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Grief

sweekune'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I first encountered the story of The Woman in Black when I was 16. For my GCSE Drama class, we studied the play based on the book and so went to see the West End production at the Fortune Theatre. I remember the terror, horror and unsettling vibes of the whole thing as well as the coach of terrified teenagers scared to silence on the way home. I picked up the book this year and I'm glad to say it lived up to all my horrendous, gothic and fearful memories.

- As I've already said, this is a scary story. A gothic ghost story that builds the tension, the fear and layers the story so that when you reach certain reveals and the end you are suitably terrified.

- Although originally published in the 1980s, the book reads like the Edwardian time period it appears to be set it. The prose is similar in feel to Victorian and early 20th century novels and it adds to the feel of the book.

- This book is short (my copy is under 200 pages long) but it packs so much into such little space.

A perfectly spooky read, great for October or anytime you wish to read a ghost story. I would caution any potential readers not to read this in the dark.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Chronic illness

jenny_d's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness and Animal death