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From the book jacket: Four seekers arrive at notoriously unfriendly Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it
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Katie
(3.5) I loved the premise of this book and found the characters to be fascinating. Eleanor in particular was a great main character and her descent was really interesting to follow. The best part is definitely the book's atmosphere and the creepy house, and I liked that there was the constant question of whether there was actually something supernatural or if it was all psychological. That being said, I had really high expectations going into this and they ended up not being met especially in re ...more
Bea
Jun 09, 2012 rated it really liked it
A truly psychological scary story. On one level the story was just a ghost story about a haunted house. On the other level, it was a story of that same house taking possession of one of the residents. Loved it but found that it was a day-time read for me.
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