Since I am going to be seeing the stage play this Saturday, I challenged myself to speed-read the original book and then the movies just for a fun comparison game. I can honestly say while Susan Hill's The Woman in Black isn't a story most will immediately gravitate towards, I personally just somehow completely fell in love with it. 

The dark, gloomy, misty and eerie atmosphere, the old British setting, our Arthur heading on a work trip to an unknowing hell, Spider the dog 😭❤️ And, The Woman in Black herself. It's so well-written and I completely immersed myself in the story and classic haunting the book was giving off. I'm the first to throw any criticism on cliché's etc, but it's so beautifully written I couldn't help but cast whatever miniscule doubt I had out the window and focused on the here and now. 

The scares aren't frequent, but whenever The Woman in Black appears, God it is tense and filled with atmosphere and my goosebumps grew ever more intense! A really affective horror I relished in. Sometimes no matter the story, you just connect with something. The Woman in Black for me is that. I couldn't put it down and I absolutely fell in love with it. The ending is soul crushing, but that's what I love about it. Sometimes there is no happy ending. And The Woman in Black's rageful vengeance will know no end! 🖤