Started out interesting then just became dreadfully dull.
dark mysterious slow-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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
slow-paced

The only acceptable story of a haunted hotel is the Disney classic Tower of Terror, don't @ Me.

I had nightmares for DAYS.
medium-paced

soupy_twist's review

3.0
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious medium-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: No

Not Wilkie's best - The Woman in White was certainly better. But it was decently written, there was lots of interesting women characters (which is great for a Victorian text written by a man). The actual story was not particularly memorable, but safe to say it involved murder, mistaken identities, ghostly apparitions and hidden rooms i.e. all your gothic staples.
dark mysterious 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: Yes

In the first 3/4 of this book I was literally forcing myself to keep reading. The characters were bland and nothing interesting was happening, so I was planning to give this book 2/5 stars. Fortunately, the last part of this book almost made it up for it because it was so unexpected and the mystery was solved in a satisfying way.
p.s. i said almost made up for it because it seemed like information dump and lazy writing