The Body Snatcher was a very creepy story. Just the thought of dead bodies being stolen to be dissected gives me the creeps. It is one thing to have a body donated for such things, but it is another to physically dig the body up and bring it in for dissection. It’s also quite disrespectful, although the person is already dead, it’s just plain wrong.

Throughout the story, Stevenson used many tactics to build suspense. From the beginning when Fettes heard the name Macfarlane it built the suspense in the readers to want to continue reading to find out just how Fettes and Macfarlane were connected. Once met face to face, their encounter also made us need to know more about what exactly happened. The different characters throughout the story and the events that took place kept Stevenson’s readers on edge.

Using the setting of a dark rainy evening always sets the mood for suspense. Nothing good comes of such a night, so you know something bad is going to occur when it is pitch black and raining.