Shirley Jackson's classic horror novel, The Haunting of Hill House, is one I'd somehow overlooked until now. Published in the '50s, it's been an influence on several authors working in the horror and supernatural genres - authors such as Stephen King and Richard Matheson. Often cited as one of the g...
"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." As I may have mentioned before, this must be one of the most perfect opening lines in literature. And it is so befitting of the book... Allright...
bookshelves: autumn-2015, halloween-2015, e-book, published-1959, tbr-busting-2015, film-only, boo-scary, supernatural, gothic, ghosties-ghoulies Read from October 09 to 10, 2015 Description: The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, ...
October Buddy Read with the Pantsless OnesWhen an occult scholar recruits people to help him research the paranormal events at Hill House, will the house let any of them leave unscathed?I've heard this touted as a classic haunted house story for decades and finally decided to take the plunge when th...
The Haunting of Hill House was an ... interesting read. I'm not entirely sure what I think about it. I will say that when I had originally watched the Haunting, I didn't know it was based on a book (though what decent movie isn't based on a book?), and I rather liked it. So when I started reading Ha...
“One of the best literary ghost stories” says Wikipedia, not having read any literary ghost stories I cannot attest to that (does A Christmas Carol is much better, don’t miss that!(Rating: About 3.5 stars, this book does not suck).
It was a good for a ghost story but I have to say I was really dissapointed in the ending. It was like the author wanted to finsh the book quickly and just threw an ending together without knowing how she really wanted to end it. Yeah the ending was bad! Blahhh...
I would recommend this (and I often do--Jackson is one of my workplace fallbacks when customers ask me what to read) to very brave sorts. Of which, alas, I am not. All of Shirley Jackson's books probably deserve another star from me but I cannot bring myself to begrudge them on grounds of permanent ...
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