- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1846681340
- ISBN-13: 978-1846681349
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 100 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #526,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Huge Disappointment,
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This review is from: Man In The Picture (Hardcover)
When ordering this book I expected to receive a normal sized book. Imagine my surprise when I received a tiny little book with all of 145 pages in it. The price on the cover indicates that the price of this book is 416.50 Canadian. I guess a person has to check the actual size of the book and the number of pages before ordering in order not to feel ripped off when the book arrives.
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Ghost story of an antiquary,
By Jay Dickson - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Man In The Picture (Hardcover)
Susan Hill's latest novella recalls the famous Edwardian ghost stories of M. R. James and the Benson brothers as much as her famous previous short novel THE WOMAN IN BLACK recalled the Victorian ghost stories of Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Henry James and John Meade Falkner. We have here many of the more familiar tropes of M. R. James's ghost stories--tales within tales, multiple narrators, bachelor antiquarians in rooms at Oxbridge, and a woman possessed by a burning revenge--and in terms of atmosphere Hill is pretty faultless. But the novella leaves too much unclear in its telling. Although you want a certain amount of mystery preserved at the end of a ghost story, there's just too much muddled at the end of this to really get the effects Hill strives for--so while most of the story is quite a page turner, the final narrative section leaves you a bit unsatisfied.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Read in a thunderstorm and not scared,
By Meredith Fredericks "bportgirl" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Man In The Picture (Hardcover)
This is a well-written (until the end) little trifle, but that's all it is. I like the style, but it isn't nearly as scary as the jacket would have you believe. In fact, I read it in a thunderstorm last night -- yes, it's a very quick read -- and, upon finishing it, went down to my dark, stone basement to do the laundry. I agree with the other reviewers: It plays like that old TV episode with Roddy MacDowell and the changing picture (Was that on Dark Shadows?), but the TV version was far scarier. Still, a quick, fun read.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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What a strange little book!,
By Yolanda S. Bean - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Man In The Picture (Hardcover)
I enjoyed this novella, but I really wish that the idea had been expanded upon... it just seemed like there could have been so much more to this story. It did seem like a very classic type of ghost story - the sort to be further condensed and shared at sleepovers and camp fires. All in all, it was intriguing and enjoyable. I would definitely read something else by this author. Her writing really had a sort of timeless quality to it and the premise was interesting.
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