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This is just one of those not-for-me books. The Haunting of Hill House has been critically acclaimed for a long time, and I can see why in terms of the prose and Jackson's way of seamlessly weaving reality and unreality together. She made a good unreliable character out of Eleanor.
Jackson also did a fantastic job of creating scary confusion in Hill House that made me, as the reader, feel disoriented. I like that there were no specific ghosts haunting Hill House. The terror was caused by the hou ...more
Jackson also did a fantastic job of creating scary confusion in Hill House that made me, as the reader, feel disoriented. I like that there were no specific ghosts haunting Hill House. The terror was caused by the hou ...more
I guess I was expecting more out of this. I love Jackson's writing but didn't really care for the characters, kind of an important aspect.
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The audio edition of this is exquisite.
Jan 13, 2018
Deanna
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it was amazing
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