A review by the_bookwormhole_
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

5.0

Susan Hill creates a wonderfully eerie sense of foreboding throughout this novel, hinting here and there at the “terrors” that will soon be told. This delighted me hugely as it gave the tale a creepier feel overall, and I felt the main character’s own anxiety looming over me the whole time. I love how Hill describes each of the places Kipps visits, in a dark, grey, miserable sort of way (as they all were - mostly), and uses these places and descriptions to make the reader feel uneasy, as if something is not quite right. This feeling, once felt, is infectious and tints the rest of your emotions through the course of the book. Also, that dreadful sense of foreboding is retained nicely right up to the very end of the book, which is hard to do effectively.

This is now one of my favourite books, and has definitely earned its spot as a classic ghost story.

Side note - I’ll just mention that there is an adorable dog in this book and she is most definitely a star character in my eyes, being a lovely example of everything a good hound should be and more.