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The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson,

Laura Miller (Introduction)

Start date: October 1, 2019

Finish date: October 31, 2019

Discussion: Group Reads

Why we're reading this: Winner of October 2019 Completist Poll
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Nov 22, 2019 Matthew rated it liked it

Shelves: horror, completist-book-club, own, supernatural, mystery, 2019, classic

I was hoping for more from this book. I wanted a thrilling and suspenseful story of a creepy haunted house that would end up keeping me up at night. It was not bad, per se, but that is not what I got.

Instead it was a somewhat tedious and repetitive decent into madness. The writing was disorienting 鈥� and I think that was intentionally so in order to help the reader feel the house taking over the minds of the characters. Clever . . . but almost headache inducing at times.

The characters were the mo ...more

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Nov 04, 2023 Rachael rated it it was amazing

so spooky and shirley jackson鈥檚 writing is absolutely brilliant! loved loved loved

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Oct 10, 2020 Andy Capricorn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2020-reads

When I was a child the Movie Rose Red was my favorite to watch in October. As an adult I find it to be cheesy to the Max but I still love it (this is relevant I swear).

I had to stop a few pages in and do a little research, because the vibes this book was giving me was straight out of Rose Red. Turns out Rose Red is but a re-imagining of Haunting of Hill House. A beautiful haunt that creeps up on you but doesn't overwhelm. In the end it leaves you wondering, is the house actually haunted? ...more

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Aug 19, 2021 Summer (speaking_bookish) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult, horror, own, owlcrate, classics, ghosts-pn

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The Haunting of Hill House is a solid book. I really enjoyed Shirley Jackson's writing; it was very quick and I never got bored. The characters were interesting and layered- even if some were ridiculous and far-fetched (I'm looking at you Mrs. Montague). I think the slow and subtle progression of the plot- mainly with one particular character- was well done.

One thing this book wasn't was scary- at least not for me. I feel like I was waiting for the big scares... and they never came. Hil ...more

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Sep 18, 2019 Carol rated it liked it · review of another edition

I'm not sure when I read this, but it was probably between 1973 and 1977 when I was single, worked in a library, and didn't have a TV. I remember that it was disturbing and very well-written, and I remembered the main character's name was Theodora, but that's the extent of my memory of this book. ...more

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