Reviews

The Corner Shop by Cynthia Asquith

julieh46's review

emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

grimondgalgmod's review

3.0

A well-written if predictable story about a ghost who haunts a curio shop and occasionally makes a sell, to the mild astonishment of the shop's patrons.

lolly_pop's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

laurelrad's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

kryten4k's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.75

oliviasbookshop's review

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

imakandiway's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

calistareads's review

4.0

Here is another spooky short story from 'Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost stories, almost 20 pages long. It's a fairly classic ghost story. I do love the atmosphere and the tone set up with the writing. It takes place in a antiques shop one stormy evening. The plot does revolve around a Jade Frog, which is pretty cool.

Knowing it's a ghost story makes it rather easy to figure out what's happening and it's still fun. This is not gory or scary, only spooky. There could be more here, but it's enough.

pulpcreepy's review

2.0

3/10

I always feel a bit bad giving these stories from so long ago a low review, but this one just didn’t really land with me. Even the twist at the end, which normally is at least somewhat interesting, was a big miss. The mystery was not particularly interesting, and it somehow was simultaneously convoluted and too barebones at the same time.

I do dig jade frogs though.