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A review by joareads
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Bridget Collins
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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Bit of a mixed bag of a book. A collection of eight haunting wintery tales - it ranges from the old to the new, the bizarre to the creepy.
A Study in Black and White is good, I love the writing style and it kept me interested in the story with its slightly freaky atmosphere (four stars).
Thwaite's Tenant is a little strange but interesting and ends in a satisfying way (three stars).
The Eel Singers is very strange and gets very weird at times but I'm glad with how it ends (three stars).
Lily Wilt gets very dark and weird and I'm not that keen on the story, especially the animal death part (three stars).
The Chillingham Chair is a perfect blend of creepy and entertaining with some great characters - a story I thoroughly enjoyed (five stars).
The Hanging of the Greens is confusing - is there supposed to be a message in the story? Nevertheless is was an eerie read but again, there's animal death (three stars).
Confinement is definitely a creepy one and ends in that open ended way with it being up to you to interpret how it all ends. It focuses on post natal psychosis and is quite startling to read (three stars).
Monster is not the story I would have picked to close the book. I didn't enjoy at all and I think it's not creepy, it's disturbing (one star).
A good book to read close to Halloween as the nights get longer and the days colder - definitely a haunting book!
A Study in Black and White is good, I love the writing style and it kept me interested in the story with its slightly freaky atmosphere (four stars).
Thwaite's Tenant is a little strange but interesting and ends in a satisfying way (three stars).
The Eel Singers is very strange and gets very weird at times but I'm glad with how it ends (three stars).
Lily Wilt gets very dark and weird and I'm not that keen on the story, especially the animal death part (three stars).
The Chillingham Chair is a perfect blend of creepy and entertaining with some great characters - a story I thoroughly enjoyed (five stars).
The Hanging of the Greens is confusing - is there supposed to be a message in the story? Nevertheless is was an eerie read but again, there's animal death (three stars).
Confinement is definitely a creepy one and ends in that open ended way with it being up to you to interpret how it all ends. It focuses on post natal psychosis and is quite startling to read (three stars).
Monster is not the story I would have picked to close the book. I didn't enjoy at all and I think it's not creepy, it's disturbing (one star).
A good book to read close to Halloween as the nights get longer and the days colder - definitely a haunting book!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Violence, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Mental illness, Death, and Confinement