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Elizabeth Stephens One of my top 5 favorite books of all time. If you've read anything by Jackson this is very much HER stylistically. Very reminiscent of The Haunting o…moreOne of my top 5 favorite books of all time. If you've read anything by Jackson this is very much HER stylistically. Very reminiscent of The Haunting of Hill House and the Lottery, as well as The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) and Where are You Going, Where have you Been? (Joyce Carol Oates)(less)

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Will I still be able to sleep?

Kathleen Flynn If your experience is like mine you have trouble putting it down after a certain point, so maybe in that sense. But it is more psychologically creepy …moreIf your experience is like mine you have trouble putting it down after a certain point, so maybe in that sense. But it is more psychologically creepy than supernatural-scary. Even though there are evil omens and hints of ghosts, etc., the real suspense comes from wondering if the narrator is being gaslighted or is perhaps losing her mind under the stress of her situation. The way it's told, you know she survives -- the real mystery lies in how.(less)

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I admit I did some skimming and might have missed this--did we ever find out how Monica originally knew that governess and why she had a bad opinion of her?

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is this the one that has been serialized on radio 4?

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