Because this novel is told solely from the point of view of Eleanor—a fragile, lonely, childlike woman—I’m left unsure if the paranormal events were real or if they were only in her head. Nor could I trust Eleanor’s account of her interactions with her housemates. What really happened to her at ...
We do not exist if we are not noticed.That idea is what I took away from the tortuous, shocking horror novel The Haunting of Hill House, but I have no idea if it’s a common interpretation or not. The story begins innocuously, or as innocuously as a story can begin when the opening chapters feature f...
I really liked this! The premises feel a bit meh - a doctor of science who wants to examine paranormal activities in a house invites people that have been recorded as somehow related to paranormal phenomena to come stay with him, and one of the people who end up in the house is the extremely mousy E...
Interesting. I loved the house. If I could build my own house, this would be the one. The story itself had a lot of potential, but then not much happened. I'm sure it is just my own personal taste that has left me feeling this way. I had the same feeling after finishing Dracula, and I need not remin...
Reading this after having read Richard Matheson's Hell House, I knew it was going to be difficult not to draw comparisons and I hoped that this book wouldn't seem tame in comparison.Like "Hell House", this is a story of a group of disparate characters who arrange to stay in a supposedly haunted hous...
This may just be the scariest book I have ever read. Period. If you want to dive in to a classic haunted house story this is the one to read. Certainly not a good one to read before bed though.
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