The Woman In White / The Dark Clue
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I just wondered who here had read both of these - Wilkie Collins' original 'sensation novel' The Woman in White, and James Wilson's pastiche sequel The Dark Clue, about a mystery involving the life of the artist JWM Turner.
Not to give away too much, I thoroughly enjoyed The Woman In White, though I wondered exactly why the central twist of the novel was *necessary*. The Dark Clue was a brilliant pastiche of Collins' style, and contained much that was enjoyable, but the darkness at the end felt a little forced, unwarranted by what came before.
Has anyone here read either, or both?
Not to give away too much, I thoroughly enjoyed The Woman In White, though I wondered exactly why the central twist of the novel was *necessary*. The Dark Clue was a brilliant pastiche of Collins' style, and contained much that was enjoyable, but the darkness at the end felt a little forced, unwarranted by what came before.
Has anyone here read either, or both?