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The Mist in the Mirror - Susan Hill

Description: ISBN 0099284367 / Author: Susan Hill / Genre: Horror / The night on which Sir James Monmouth returns to England from Penang is not ... more

The Mist in the Mirror - Susan Hill ... auspicious. The Cross Keys Inn provides shelter from the chill wind and rain, but it offers few comforts. The pale boy, the old woman and the mist in the mirror - do they have any reality beyond Monmouth's imagination?

Newest Review: ... which adds to the vivid and absorbing quality. Her writing is always vivid and dark, and this is a tale in the old sense. It ... more

... reminded me of the Polanski film The Ninth Gate, where curiosity leads us into an ultimate trap....It is a good old-fashioned ghost story, particular and yet elusive; vaguely compelling but it is not frightening. However, it is well-crafted to a point where the mystery that so unfolds can be ultimately estimated or deduced. The manipulating evil of a man lays a curse that befells all who look into a mirror? A meticulous and absorbing account of changing temperaments...... We are led on to where there is the usual br...more

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The Mist in the Mirror - Susan Hill: The Ninth Gate but even better......, (178 words)
by - written on 26/02/09 (Very useful, 17 readings)
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This book has a great cover. Judge it by its cover! I remember this tale with affection for its sheer atmosphere seen through a quaint, 19th century style of writing but which adds to the vivid and absorbing quality. Her writing is always vivid and dark, and this is a tale in the old sense. It reminded me of the Polanski film The Ninth Gate, where curiosity leads us into an ultimate trap....It is a good old-fashioned ghost story, particular and yet elusive; vaguely compelling but it is not frightening. However, it is well-crafted to a point where the mystery that so unfolds can be ultimately estimated or deduced. The manipulating evil of ... Read the complete review