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The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)
The greatest haunted house story ever written--the inspiration for the hit Netflix horror series! First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar...show more
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It is *alright*. Eleanor proved to be quite an unlikeable main character. It was a creepy book though.
This was not like the Netflix series as the book stated and showed the same front cover as the series. It is actually the old 1999 movie called “The Haunting” with Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Great movie but upset about this book.
- spooky tale of a haunted house driving someone to madness/paranoia
- concept/plot is unique & interesting
- the house is consistently described as sinister, evil, & alive, creating an eerie atmosphere
- however, i wish the cause of the haunting was more concretely described, or that the boom provided slightly more detail/examples of the true hauntings
- concept/plot is unique & interesting
- the house is consistently described as sinister, evil, & alive, creating an eerie atmosphere
- however, i wish the cause of the haunting was more concretely described, or that the boom provided slightly more detail/examples of the true hauntings
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