The Haunting Of Hill House
5 stars
Best ghost story ever.
paperback, 256 pages
Published Oct. 1, 2009 by Penguin Books.
The Haunting of Hill House
4 stars
(15 reviews)
Marcus reviewed The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Review of 'The Haunting of Hill House' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
DNF. Writing relied too hard on visual elements and the writing just didn't illustrate it well. The feeling of being watched and the house constantly shifting was good. But things were definitely glossed over.
patchworkbunny reviewed The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Review of 'The Haunting of Hill House' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The Haunting of Hill House was my Halloween read this year, even though I didn’t read much of it on the actual day. Something I love about books from this sort of period is the amount of booze consumed in a casual sort of way. Worried the house is evil? Never mind, have a brandy! It seemed there was a time where a drink solved everything. Or maybe it just helps to distract you from the ghosts…
It’s not a very scary book though. The only time I got a bit creeped out was because I was reading on the bus and then had to walk down the road in the dark and fog on quite a cold evening. The haunting manifests itself in cold spots in the book, so clearly it managed to latch on to one bit of my brain.
I did enjoy it though, more as a …
The Haunting of Hill House was my Halloween read this year, even though I didn’t read much of it on the actual day. Something I love about books from this sort of period is the amount of booze consumed in a casual sort of way. Worried the house is evil? Never mind, have a brandy! It seemed there was a time where a drink solved everything. Or maybe it just helps to distract you from the ghosts…
It’s not a very scary book though. The only time I got a bit creeped out was because I was reading on the bus and then had to walk down the road in the dark and fog on quite a cold evening. The haunting manifests itself in cold spots in the book, so clearly it managed to latch on to one bit of my brain.
I did enjoy it though, more as a period piece about an odd group of people staying in an isolated house. There was a point where I did start to wonder if it were all in Eleanor’s mind; which is scarier, ghosts that can’t harm you or being terrified by your own mind?
