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The Haunting of Hill House - Community Reviews back

by Shirley Jackson
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FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt rated it 5 years ago
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleIf you're going into this novel expecting it to be like the recent Netflix series, you will most likely be disappointed. While the series is based on the house featured in the book, it is a very different story.However, I absolutely loved it. By today'...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it 5 years ago
Audience: Adult Format: Audiobook/Owned No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eight...
Jennifer's Books
Jennifer's Books rated it 6 years ago
"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. W...
Calyre
Calyre rated it 6 years ago
"Avant d'aller dormir ce soir, disait Theodora au docteur, je veux être sûre d'avoir vu chaque centimètre carré de cette maison. Pas question de me retrouver dans mon lit sans savoir ce qu'il y a au-dessus de ma tête ou en dessous de moi. Nous devons absolument ouvrir quelques fenêtres, empêcher les...
Bookish Blerd
Bookish Blerd rated it 6 years ago
This was creepy and scary without gore or jump scares. It was almost more psychological because there was never a solid presence or any one thing to fear like in a slasher film/book. It's like going into a dark basement alone at night. Logically you know there is nothing there that can harm you, ...
Let's Talk About Books
Let's Talk About Books rated it 6 years ago
Speed read complete! Finished the last stretch this morning. So let's get reviewing. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from this one. I know a lot of people enjoy Shirley Jackson and recommend this one in particular, but that doesn't mean I'd like it. I did like it though. It had a charm to i...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 6 years ago
I'll be brief, since I only just read and reviewed a paper copy of this back in June. David Warner's narration was good, although I occasionally wished that a female narrator had been chosen instead, since he didn't always fit Eleanor and Theodora very well. From the look of things, both Audible an...
Kell's Reading Realm
Kell's Reading Realm rated it 6 years ago
I got the audio version from my library. So far it has me hooked. I didn't want to get out of my car this morning to go into work... I rarely want to do that anyway, but more so now that I was listening to this. :) This would fit multiple bingo squares, but I think I will be using it for my Genre:...
WhiskeyintheJar Romance
WhiskeyintheJar Romance rated it 6 years ago
it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad. Apparently, I do think it is too fanciful because I felt this book was way more of this, “I think we are only afraid of ourselves,” the doctor said slowly. “No,” Luke said. “Of seeing ourselves clearly and without disguise....
Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it 6 years ago
Whiskey, don't open this post/read this until you finish. This is was a reread for me. My first review can be found here. For this read, I knew how the book ended, so the shocking sense of bewildered confusion, the "what the hell just happened, I need to reread this a few more times," didn't dis...
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