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by Diane Setterfield
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Parajunkee
Parajunkee rated it 11 years ago
Title: Bellman & BlackAuthor: Diane Setterfield on 11-05-13 Narrator: Jack DavenportPublisher: Simon & Schuster AudioGenres: Adult, HistoricalFormat: AudiobookSource: PublisherBuy it | Goodreads Caught up in a moment of boyhood competition, William Bellman recklessly aims his slingshot at a r...
Beamis12
Beamis12 rated it 11 years ago
As a young boy Bellman kills the wrong bird, a act that he will regret and that will haunt him all his life. Set in the mid 19th century, a prominent family that owns a textile mill, a mill that Bellman will eventually inherit., a man in black (no he is not an alien) and many losses. This is a Got...
Read, Run, Ramble
Read, Run, Ramble rated it 11 years ago
Find this review and much more at Read, Run, Ramble Thank you Atria/Emily Bestler Books via Netgalley for providing me with an early copy of this book! I’ll start by saying, I haven’t read The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. It has been on my to-be-read list for years, but I haven’t yet gotte...
Silver's Reviews
Silver's Reviews rated it 11 years ago
A rook was the beginning and the end for William Bellman.Black was the color of the day for this book along with rooks, who according to the author never forget.BELLMAN & BLACK was an unusual read with the premise of death, darkness, black birds (rooks), the color black, and black events...namely fu...
Literary, etc
Literary, etc rated it 11 years ago
Imagine for a moment that a childhood incident defines rest of your life. How would you react? Diane Setterfield’s Bellman & Black is an eerie, macabre tale that will leave you looking at life and death a little differently. As children, we’ve all done stupid things and ten year old William Bellma...
The Book Diva's Reads
The Book Diva's Reads rated it 11 years ago
William Bellman commits a horrible deed as a child and, unbeknownst to him, that one small deed will overshadow the rest of his life. William grows into a rather mature and responsible young man, settling down and helping to take care of his mother, as well as actively participating in his father's ...
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it 11 years ago
Bellman & Black cannot be classified as a horror story, because nothing truly horrific happens. There are no monsters, no gruesome scenes. Nothing suddenly appears to frighten. The characters follow the normal progression of life without meeting untimely deaths. Yet, there is a sense of unease that ...
Memories From Books on Booklikes
Memories From Books on Booklikes rated it 11 years ago
Review first posted on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/10/bellman-black.htmlThe short description of this book says that it is the story of WilliamBellman and how one action in his childhood has ramifications throughout his life. The subtitle of the book is "A Ghost Story." The ...
hystericalcheezit
hystericalcheezit rated it 11 years ago
I am really fucking intrigued by that summary.
CarrieJ
CarrieJ rated it 11 years ago
ARC courtesy of Atria Books via NetGalley
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