令人难以置信
这是一个鬼故事，虽然它是黑暗的，大气和充满死亡，我喜欢的是它的生命和颜色。塞特菲尔德在人物性格和环境方面都很出色，甚至可以让一家羊毛加工厂引人入胜。一个由赤贫到暴富的故事。(英国《每日邮报》温迪•霍尔顿)
《贝尔曼和黑衣人：一部幽灵故事》是黛安•塞特菲尔德的第二本书，她是一个多么有才华的作家啊。这是一本不同体裁的非凡著作。它的部分魅力来自于你不确定它是否是一部幽灵故事。这项研究非常细致，但许多事实很容易就融入到叙述中，以至于读者几乎没有注意到塞特菲尔德传递了多少真实的信息，这是她和希拉里•曼特尔共有的才能。(爱尔兰独立)
《第十三个传说故事》是一本巨大的全球畅销书，黛安•萨特菲尔德的第二部小说花了很多年才出版。值得等待吗?绝对的。《贝尔曼和黑衣人》是一部更优秀的小说:它更成熟、更有成就、涉猎更广、层次更广，远远不止是一个简单的鬼故事。如果图书界有什么正义的话，它将获得更大的评论界赞誉。(社会历史小说家)
“如果你想要哥特式小说的原著，那就买一本《贝尔曼与黑衣人》吧……散文是精确的，这个地方在书页上生动地出现了，尽管这也是一个抽象的世界，就像一个童话。(大问题)
“一本在翻完最后一页后仍在回味的书。”(爱丁堡晚报》)
读过并喜欢黛安•塞特菲尔德的第一部小说《第十三格传说故事》后，我对《贝尔曼与黑衣人》抱有很高的期望——对黛安•塞特菲尔德的期望超过了一切!《贝尔曼与黑衣人》是那种你一旦开始就无法放下，但又不想结束的故事……《贝尔曼和黑衣人》简直令人着迷!(最新小说)
"Fabulous" (TIMES)
"This is a ghost story and while it is dark, atmospheric and full of death, what I loved was its life and colour. Setterfield is brilliant at character and setting and can make even a woollen mill fascinating and utterly riveting. A rags -to-riches tale with a spooky twist." (Wendy Holden DAILY MAIL)
"Bellman & Black: A Ghost Story is the second book by Diane Setterfield, and what a talented writer she is. This is an extraordinary book that defies genre. Part of the beauty of it derives from the fact you’re unsure whether it is a ghost story or not... The research is meticulous and yet the many facts are blended so easily into the narrative that the reader hardly notices just how much authentic information Setterfield manages to impart, a talent she shares with Hilary Mantel." (IRISH INDEPENDENT)
The Thirteenth Tale was a huge worldwide bestseller, and it has taken many years for a second novel from Diane Satterfield to be published. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely. Bellman & Black is a much finer novel: more mature, more accomplished, more wide ranging and multi-layered and much, much more than a simple ghost story. If there is any justice in the book world, it will achieve greater critical acclaim. (HISTORICAL NOVELIST SOCIETY)
"If you want an original take on the gothic novel, pick up a copy of BELLMAN AND BLACK... The prose is precise, The place comes alive on the page although this is also an abstract world, like a fairytale." (BIG ISSUE)
"A book that lingers after the last page is turned." (EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS)
Having read and loved Diane Setterfield’s first novel, THE THIRTEENTH TALE, I had high expectations for BELLMAN & BLACK- expectations that Diane Setterfield more than exceeded! BELLMAN & BLACK is the sort of story that you can’t put down once you start and yet you don’t want it to end either... BELLMAN & BLACK is nothing short of mesmerizing! (FRESH FICTION)