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Colleen
Despite all the hype (Stephen King called it one of the finest horror novels of the late 20th century), I just didn't feel the love so many others did for The Haunting of Hill House. So what was the problem for me? First of all, it took a long time to get going. I reached page 127 of 246 pages before anything really happened. I know an important part of the horror novel is the build-up to the scary scenes. There was build-up but not of the suspenseful type. The author spent a lot of time on disc ...more
Shinta_read
Feb 23, 2020 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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"Salah satu kisah horor terbaik abad ke-20." Demikian label buku ini yang menjadikannya salah satu buku yang wajib dibaca. Ini juga sepertinya buku bertema horor pertama yang kubaca (selain buku-buku RL Stine, ya).

Idenya tentu saja memang brilian, Hill House merupakan rumah besar berusia 80 tahun yang sedari awal didesain dan dibangun dengan tidak wajar oleh pemiliknya (view spoiler) dan telah "memakan" banyak korban. Seor
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Amy (Bossy Bookworm)
Nov 24, 2021 rated it really liked it
"Almost any house, caught unexpectedly or at an odd angle, can turn a deeply humorous look on a watching person; even a mischievous little chimney or a dormer like a dimple, can catch up a beholder with a sense of fellowship; but a house arrogant and hating, never off guard, can only be evil."

It's getting close to Halloween, so I thought I'd add a spooky story to my to-read list, and Shirley Jackson's 1959 classic The Haunting of Hill House totally fit the bill.

Four people arrive at Hill House i
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Alicia
Dec 19, 2018 rated it liked it
I'm not that familiar with the horror genre but I know if more of the books were like this one - informed by character and plotted around psychological suspense - I'd be into it. ...more
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