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crabbyabbe's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Wharton's criterion for a good ghost story was the following: “If it sends a cold shiver down one‘s spine, it has done its job and done it well“ (The New Yorker). I couldn't agree more. Her gorgeous writing also built up the suspense, which kept me turning those pages. Most of her endings were ambiguous--like perhaps the amorphous idea of a ghost itself. All were Gothic but also representative of the 20th-century psychological approach to horror.
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