3.23k reviews for:

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill

3.65 AVERAGE

melles_gothic_reads's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad 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: No

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Really good, quick ghost story. Does a great job at making you feel tense and uneasy. It's really short too, so its perfect for a one sitting read during a stormy night.

Spider was also the sweetest little girl I loved her so much.

mogget85's review against another edition

2.0

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2.5 stars. For such a short book, it was very slow moving and a bit tedious to read at times. I loved the eerie atmosphere of Eel Marsh House though. Arthur's stay at the house was perfectly creepy.

soundy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

damarginal's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

phoebegilmore's review against another edition

4.0

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I was positively surprised about how chilly and ghostly the atmosphere was while reading. Susan Hill has created a really likeable first-person-narrator with Arthur Kipps. Arthur is a solicitor who has to travel to a remote location in England to deal with the last paper-work of a recently deceased old woman. Already on arriving in the remote town Arthur finds the people's reaction to his business rather strange. And things turn quite turmoil and exciting when not only a ghostly figure appears to him during the funeral, but when he finally sets foot on the even more remote land his client had lived on. Strange happenings occur and Arthur has to decide how much action he can take...

eonora's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

candybearbooks's review against another edition

5.0

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Nothing like the movie! Where the movie was confusing and left little to the imagination, this book kept me at the edge of my seat with my heart pounding the entire time. At the end of the movie, i was confused about the plot, but the book was beautifully written and i have to say, the best ghost story I've ever read.

weirdow's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-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

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Well done, short gothic ghost story.

calke's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emgrbr's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A