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How have I gotten through the 59 years in which both this book and I have existed without reading it? I have known about it forever, I have even read many glowing reviews here on Goodreads and been tempted, but I have always thought of reasons not to read it now--to save it for later. And then there was Julie. I mean she went over the top for Shirley Jackson and I caught her enthusiasm and it seeped into my skin and I thought, “I need to read this now. I need to read it for Halloween.” So, I did
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3.5 stars
This was a book that I really wanted to rate higher. Shirley Jackson is an extraordinary writer. The pieces in which the characters in entering the haunted house were all laid out, there were aspects of mental health that could have been covered, and as a work of psychological horror, it did what it needed to do. My criticism lies in the fact that it could not decide the direction it wanted to take when executing such a story. It sets itself up as wanting to follow all of the characters ...more
This was a book that I really wanted to rate higher. Shirley Jackson is an extraordinary writer. The pieces in which the characters in entering the haunted house were all laid out, there were aspects of mental health that could have been covered, and as a work of psychological horror, it did what it needed to do. My criticism lies in the fact that it could not decide the direction it wanted to take when executing such a story. It sets itself up as wanting to follow all of the characters ...more
A wonderful psychological thriller just perfect for Halloween. Strange events keep happening in Hill House that indicate the house is haunted. But by whom? A past occupant? The house itself? Or one of the guests with telekinetic powers? This story is scary primarily because it leaves the reader in constant suspense. I kept waiting for it to turn into Stephen King's The Shining, but Jackson's psychological analysis of the house guests was a different and very satisfying approach to the horror of
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This was great fun. Listened to the 8 hour or so recording in less than two days. Classic ghost or haunted house tale. No graphic violence, perhaps not even any violence at all. But if you let yourself go, great suspense and psychological upset. Slowly working my way through the Shirley Jackson cannon, have not been disappointed yet.
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