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Rejacketed alongside Air and Angels, Mrs de Winter and The Woman in Black to create a set of Susan Hill's most enchanting, unsettling and absorbing backlist titles
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An inveterate traveller, Sir James Monmouth has spent most of his life abroad. He arrives in England on a dark and rainy night with the intention of discovering more, not only about himself but his obsession with Conrad Vane, an explorer. Warned against following his trail, Sir James experiences some extraordinary happenings - who is the mysterious, sad little boy, and the old woman behind the curtain? And why is it that only he hears the chilling scream and the desperate sobbbing?
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55 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As soon as I found out that Susan Hill had written another ghost story, I literally ran to my nearest Waterstones to grab a copy. Having been well and truly terrified to the core by the Woman In Black, I couldn't wait to experience the same thrills which I expected from the Mist in the Mirror. In some ways, I wasn't disappointed. Susan Hill has the uncanny knack of being able to describe in vivid (and some disturbing) the stuff of nightmares. I felt trapped in the claustrophobic, winding, pitch black halls of the old school in Alton, felt genuinely unnerved by the account of what happened to the protagonist, James Monmouth, when he visited the Old Library in the dead of night (NO WAY would I have gone there at that time, not for a million pounds) and felt completely uneasy at the descriptions of the malevolent presence and the feeling of being watched. Truly scary, unnerving stuff. Fans of gory horror beware, this book relies completely on the supernatural - there is no gore. Hill is the master ghost story-teller - she knows exactly how to prey on the all the senses and knows how to unravel a mystery slowly but surely - this is what makes books like the Mist in the Mirror and the Woman in Black completely addictive - you will keep reading even though the hairs on the back of your neck will be standing from page one.
The only reason this gets a 4 and not a 5 was because of the ending. There were too many unanswered questions - who WAS the old woman he saw at the Cross Keys Inn? What WAS IT behind the curtain adn the locked door that terrified Monmouth so much that he dare not look? What was the secret of the dreaded mirror and why did it appear in several of the places that Monmouth visited... I needed an extra 100 pages to tie up these loose ends - at the moment I feel like I'm still on teh edge of the mystery...
If you like supernatural/ghost stories that rely on building up a sense of creeping horror rather than over-the-top descriptions of ghostly apparitions, then this is the book for you.
If you would like a more complete, yet thoroughly frightening scarefest - read the Woman in Black (see my review).
The only reason this gets a 4 and not a 5 was because of the ending. There were too many unanswered questions - who WAS the old woman he saw at the Cross Keys Inn? What WAS IT behind the curtain adn the locked door that terrified Monmouth so much that he dare not look? What was the secret of the dreaded mirror and why did it appear in several of the places that Monmouth visited... I needed an extra 100 pages to tie up these loose ends - at the moment I feel like I'm still on teh edge of the mystery...
If you like supernatural/ghost stories that rely on building up a sense of creeping horror rather than over-the-top descriptions of ghostly apparitions, then this is the book for you.
If you would like a more complete, yet thoroughly frightening scarefest - read the Woman in Black (see my review).
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Comparison with The Woman in Black is inevitable, and unfortunately The Mist in the Mirror is not quite in the same class.
The reason? Well, to echo most other reviewers, I feel Susan Hill missed a great chance to turn out a fantastic ghost story by copping out on the ending.
For instance, there's Vane standing in the chapel, heralding (so I thought) a terrifying and spine tingling climax, and.......? He's not mentioned again. Too many loose ends generally.
It's almost as if SH got fed up after 180 - odd pages and decided to finish off the story there and then, any which way.
Having slated the ending, I must clarify that the rest of the book is very exciting. Lashings of Victorian atmosphere and some genuinely scary moments. I'm glad I read it and would recommend to others, but with a note of warning over the disappointing ending.
The reason? Well, to echo most other reviewers, I feel Susan Hill missed a great chance to turn out a fantastic ghost story by copping out on the ending.
For instance, there's Vane standing in the chapel, heralding (so I thought) a terrifying and spine tingling climax, and.......? He's not mentioned again. Too many loose ends generally.
It's almost as if SH got fed up after 180 - odd pages and decided to finish off the story there and then, any which way.
Having slated the ending, I must clarify that the rest of the book is very exciting. Lashings of Victorian atmosphere and some genuinely scary moments. I'm glad I read it and would recommend to others, but with a note of warning over the disappointing ending.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The first Susan Hill book I ever read was the Woman in Black. Her talent for gripping the reader from the word go is, in my opinion, unrivalled. The Mist in the Mirror is one of those books you just can't put down and you become totally absorbed in the story from the very first page. The characters and the scenes just come alive. Each chapter is more un-nerving than the last - it's one of the most chilling books you'll ever read.
I agree with some of the other reviewers about the ending - you do feel a little cheated, but the book is so enthralling, it more than makes up for it.
I agree with some of the other reviewers about the ending - you do feel a little cheated, but the book is so enthralling, it more than makes up for it.
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great book
loved it and would definintly recommend it to all those who love a great ghost story.she is a great atmospheric writter
Published 24 days ago by nikrah
Great gothic writing
Susan Hill writes with a deliciously gothic feel though thankfully without the floweriness and obscurity of the true gothic writers who penned stories set on dark and stormy... Read more
Published 26 days ago by Carl Hughes
A pastiche of a Victorian novel
Susan Hill definitely evokes the feel and atmosphere of a Victorian novel - slow moving story, with allusions to the subject and no real action until nearer the end, long... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Book chatter
A good old fashioned ghost story
A real good old fashioned ghost story told in true Susan Hill style. The tale of gentleman James Monmouth, who on his return to England (after living abroad for most of his life),... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rossi
Pages of book were out of order
Unfortunately, I bought this book and set it aside to read in a few months. The pages were printed out of order in the book. Completely unreadable. Read more
Published 1 month ago by L. Edward Phillips
Good ghost story
Having been cheated of a new Susan Hill ghost story this Christmas (I hope we get one in 2012?) I turned to "Mist in the Mirror" which I hadn't read before. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. Harris
The Mist in the Mirror cleared; who is looking back?
It's a wild and blustery Saturday afternoon; a perfect time, it seems, to read another ghostly, spooky tale by Susan Hill. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Keen Reader
Another good read
I have so far read 4 Susan Hill books. I have bought another 6.
They are so gripping and scary, but so well written.
They are so gripping and scary, but so well written.
Published 15 months ago by P. Thomas
Ghost Story
This is beautifully written,as all of Susan Hill's books. It is dark, creepy, with tension building from the beginning. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Zebedee
Goosebumps on goosebumps..
It's hard for an author to match a perfect ghost story like The Woman in Black but here, Susan Hill again manages to recreate the chilling atmosphere of a subtly woven Gothic tale. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Lovely Treez
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