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The Woman in Black

Susan Hill

3.65 AVERAGE

dark tense medium-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
dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

A good not so scary horror book.
A man is set on assignment to settle the affairs of a recently deceased client.
He enters the sleepy town and slowly starts to see things. We’ll see someone, the woman in black.
He tries to get to the bottom of who or what he is seeing. He works hard to finish his assignment so he can go home and escape the spirit. If he can escape….
I haven’t seen the movie in forever, and say that I feel lukewarm about it and then book. Not bad but not great.
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

I read this book several years ago and it intrigued me. I bought an awesome hardcover edition and so I decided to read it again while listening to it on Audible. What an excellent reading experience. I think I even enjoyed it more the second time around.

This is a story about an English lawyer who goes to investigate the home of a deceased client. Of course, the home is very remote and in a desolated marshy area of Great Britain. It quite reminded me of a classic Victorian Gothic mystery. It is terrifying in its own right but in the sense of an old English ghost story as opposed to a Stephen King book or something more modern. It would be an absolutely delightful Halloween read.
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Listened on audible (this one is free) and while the writing was just so-so; the production value, narrator, sound effects & music were SO good!!