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Hill House is an eighty-year-old mansion with a maze of strange rooms and a tragic history. Surrounded by hills, it's in an isolated location and is reported to be haunted. Dr Montague wants to study the house, record any supernatural activity, and write a book about the experience. He enlists the help of telepathic Theodora, Eleanor who has experience with a poltergeist, and the owner's nephew Luke.
The story centers on Eleanor, a lonely unloved woman who has spent her life caring for her invali ...more
The story centers on Eleanor, a lonely unloved woman who has spent her life caring for her invali ...more
Definitely more of a 4.5. This book is extremely unsettling.
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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Almost 5 stars. I absolutely loved it.
WHat I liked about this was Jackson's writing. She's marvelous at setting a scene and using descriptive narration to drive home mood and tone. What I didn't like about this was the plot. It just felt thin and a little contrived at times.
Marvelously told, she starts with the protagonist, filling us in with the abandonned and crowded life she leads. Then moves to the group who all seem to have it together and are better off than the protagonist. So a good psycho-analytic reading is available, whic ...more
Marvelously told, she starts with the protagonist, filling us in with the abandonned and crowded life she leads. Then moves to the group who all seem to have it together and are better off than the protagonist. So a good psycho-analytic reading is available, whic ...more
I liked this one.
Not as good as "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," but a gripping, spooky read all the same.
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