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Not at all what I was expecting, but drew me in nonetheless.
Dec 09, 2019
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A very good spooky story. It's title of Hill House is appropriate because it goes through peaks and valleys of suspense and dread followed by odd banter that seemed to drag the flow of the story. The form of narration was intriguing because it was standard third person but would display the main character's thought so much that it started to read like an internal monologue of the character going mad. Many scenes made me question what was really happening; was it a dream, or illusions, or were ch
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This book suffers from it's own fame. I came into this book expecting a super spooky ghost story and found just an okay Gothic novel. I'm not saying it's poorly written, just the opposite in fact, but it's not scary in the least. I know it's of it's time and it's not meant to be a gallons of blood kills per page kind of horror novel, but the slow drawn out haunting can be a bit of a rag at times. I say read this novel if you want to experience a staple in the horror genre or you enjoy Gothic tal
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I simply loved it! It had everything: chills, dark humor, great characters, a house as the main character...
It's completely different from the Netflix show, but in a really good way! ...more
It's completely different from the Netflix show, but in a really good way! ...more
Well, that was definitely creepy! I did enjoy the way it was structured and the unreliable narrator aspect of Eleanor. However, this is not a character-development driven novel. It's more narrative/vignette/narrative/scene/narrative/vignette/narrative.
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Beginning is so charming
Feb 05, 2017
Tina
marked it as to-read
Mar 18, 2017
Tammuz
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Nov 02, 2018
Nik
is currently reading it
Sep 03, 2019
Rachel | reads_with_rach
marked it as to-read
Oct 26, 2019
Jessie E
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Jan 20, 2020
Elodie
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Oct 11, 2020
Tara Brooky
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Nov 03, 2020
Blake
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Jul 03, 2022
Monica
marked it as tbr-owned
