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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
5.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 The Woman in White was one of the most enjoyable reading experiences I've ever had, and was exactly what I needed during a slump. Almost every page of this was gripping, exciting, beautifully written, and had me dreading turning the next page. A masterfully concocted mystery, with everything falling in its rightful place. While I did guess the main mystery, and other mysterious aspects of the story, to me that's what solidifies this as a really well crafted novel - nothing overly surprised me, nothing left me going 'this doesn't make any sense', everything fit together to create an incredibly satisfying story. I am so excited to read more Wilkie Collins, because I just adored this book. My one and only complaint would be that
Fosco's ability to petrify corpses was not acted on later in the story. Though this wouldn't actually fit with the story, it would just be really cool, so this isn't really a proper complaint lol.