The Haunting of Hill House is considered as a classic ghost story, and being a fan of this genre, I decided to give it a try. In short, a scientist invited a group of people who had previously experienced supernatural / paranormal events to stay in Hill House. They are to stay there for a month and ...
I'll need to read this one again because today I inhaled (yes, that is the appropriate term) this book. There were times when I was confused as hell and other times when my heart was racing in fear. Seriously, my heater kicked on while I was reading and I JUMPED - love it!This isn't a new book and t...
As I've stated earlier I was having trouble with the slow pacing of the book. I mean nothing really happened until I passed the hallway point. I trudged through this book for numerous days wondering why I just couldn't get through it. It's just over 240 pages. There were some strange happenings. ...
Jackson is the author of "The Lottery" a short story assigned me when I was in high school and still one of the most chilling stories I've ever read, so I expected this to be good and stylish and I wasn't disappointed. The only thing dating the story (it was published in 1959) was the use of the wor...
First published in 1959, this is a classic gothic story. It is brilliantly written. Jackson's writing is so good that I find myself re-reading sentences out aloud, slowly, relishing the cadence and flow. The passages are beautifully descriptive, yet no words are wasted. Shirley Jackson understands m...
As innocuous as it may appear at first, The Haunting is a masterfully crafted book that builds its horror structure one drop at a time, to eventually shock you in the most delicately brutal way.Video-review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQhF9xVOqOI
I'm struggling to put into words my thoughts on this book. It blew me away on so many occasions that my review just wouldn't do it justice. It is, without doubt, the best 'horror' novel I've read, and perhaps the best book in general, I've read. It certainly rivals Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and ...
Now I'm curious to see the film. I didn't find it all that terror filled or horrific, it was the story of edge of sight stuff and fairly scary but nothing exceptional for the genre. If there had been less reviewers saying things like keeping your nightlight burning if you read it in bed etc I mi...
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