Customer Reviews
I've been more scared getting lost in lakeside - By: Mrs. N. D. Trott, 10 Oct 2008 
I was very disappointed with this book, it started off really well but just seemed to evaporate into nothing, the story was ok but nothing was really explained & it wasn't scary either! the story wasn'tin anyway spine tingling, infact it feel flat on it's face, very disappointing & even more so for the fact that it's a very thin paperback (I read itin a day) & it cost me £6.99 !!! not worth it at all !!!
Great start but then... - By: Sea Monster, 02 Sep 2008 Not as good as the "Womanin Black". It starts (very) well but the plot loses direction at the middle & the becomes downright sillyin the end. A good ghost story requires suspension of disbelief. It is an indictement of the plot that the disbelief occurs at the final actions of the protagonists rather than the manifestation of the supernatural.
A spooky little novella - By: MaryAnne, 09 Aug 2008 
I agree with other reviewers that this book was not up to the standard of The Womanin Black but it is still well worth a read.
It is well written & atmospheric; setin the ancient college rooms of Cambridge, Venice on a dark night & a crumbling Victorian mansion.
The characters are well formed for such a brief novella & the art work that the story revolves around is suitably chilling.
And there is a clever twist at the end of the tale.
I admire this genre of appropriately short stories, not padded out with unnecessary detail.
Elegant but not her best - By: Mr G, 13 Jun 2008 I am a great admirer of Susan Hill's work, & this short novella is as stylishly written as her other work; sadly, though, it doesn't fully measure up to her great chiller "The Womanin Black", or indeed its splendid companion "The Mistin the Mirror". This new story has many elementsin common with the earlier works, but its creepy atmosphere isn't sustained so expertly. To be honest, "Manin the Picture" feels a little re-heated, notwithstanding the author's characteristically excellent writing.
no woman in black - By: L. Dorward, 05 Jun 2008 I have always seen Hill as a fantastic writer her prose are beautifully written, the ambience of her novels is fantastic. One of her fortais is ghost stories. I used womanin black for my GCSEs & it has made me become a real fan of her work. The manin the picture starts off well, and, she uses her wonderful skillsin building up a great premise for the story, unfortunatly, the reverance of the womanin black appears to be overlooking this story a great deal & it does have tones of it embeddedin this novel. I wont reveal the ending but it is simmilar to the womanin black. Not that its a bad thing as it is a great ghost story, but what could have been a great idea has not fully been taken with this project. I would say give it a go though as it is well written, the characters are well formed & if your a Hill fan you will enjoy it.
