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The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

Start date: April 1, 2025

Finish date: April 30, 2025

Discussion: Old School Classics, Pre-1915

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Jan 28, 2016 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was ok

Shelves: romance, mystery, psych-psych-psych, classic, gutenberg, era-victorian, mistaken-identity, genre-blender, 1001-books

I did not really enjoy my time spent reading this bloated mystery/romance. I can appreciate that it was groundbreaking in its time, but I didn't need to be reading it now in my time.

There are so many great reviews about how fun this story is, I expected some masterful plotting with a big, shocking payoff. But what I've gotten is a great big pile of melodramatic twaddle centered around a heroine who is TSTL. Geez Laura, show that you actually have two brain cells, show some backbone, stand up fo ...more

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Jun 12, 2007 Suvi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: _great-britain, crime-mystery, _book-shelf, novels, 1800s, gothic, _to-reread

Although I didn't feel entirely bored while reading I think I had another kind of idea what the book would be. Maybe my expectations were too high. I did, however, find the voices of different characters very pleasing. The way their testimonies were written revealed their personality really well and it was impossible to get mixed up. The build up of the plot was also interesting yet not very surprising. ...more

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Nov 28, 2015 Nats rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I started this 2 days ago when I was not reading the book in physical book I was listening to it on overdrive so it has been my constant companion wherever I have been. I feel as though I have just got back home after a long and exciting adventure. A brilliant book

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