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The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson,

Laura Miller (Introduction)

Start date: May 1, 2019

Finish date: May 31, 2019

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October 2017, New School
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Oct 31, 2016 RJ - Slayer of Trolls rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: guardian-1000-read

Moody at times, frightening at others; solitary, not built quite right, forever set apart. Does that describe the supposedly haunted Hill House, or its visitor Eleanor? Or some combination of both? Modern day horror readers may be frustrated at the slow build-up and dearth of "made-you-jump" scares, but this literary take on the familiar "Let's get some folks together and sleep in a haunted house" tale is a product of its era, the late 1950s. The second half of the book is full of creepy fun, he ...more

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Jul 29, 2007 Suvi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: _book-shelf, _north-america, 1940-1969, horror, novels, _favorites

"The four of them stood, for the first time, in the wide, dark entrance hall of Hill House. Around them the house steadied and located them, above them the hills slept watchfully, small eddies of air and sound and movement stirred and waited and whispered, and the center of consciousness was somehow the small space where they stood, four separated people, and looked trustingly at one another."

Dr. Montague intends to investigate paranormal phenomena and prove they're real, and of the several ...more

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Jun 02, 2011 Rachel rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, fiction, horror

2018: Audio. Perfection.

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Nov 29, 2008 Mike rated it really liked it

Shelves: horror, classics

Update 7/10/15

Read this again. Much better when enjoyed slowly, to let the madness build cumulatively. Now I see how scary the story gets.

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Sep 23, 2012 Tom Britz rated it really liked it

Deserving of its reputation. An eerie book. Not as gripping maybe by today's standards but well worth the read. ...more

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Sep 30, 2012 Heather L rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, fiction, 2012, group-read, book-to-movie

Not my usual type of book, but it was a fast and creepy sort of read befitting the Halloween season.

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Dec 05, 2019 Ketutar Jensen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: halloween-25

I was surprised to realize how close the movie got (1st movie, the 1963 one), though they got some things wrong. I don't understand why they had to put in the love story. :-( ...more

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