BOOK REVIEW: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE BY SHIRLEY JACKSON

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Title: The Haunting of Hill House
Author: Shirley Jackson
Published: 1959
Language: English
Pages: 246
Rating: 3/5

Summary:

Four strangers come together at an old house known as Hill House at the request of a doctor seeking solid evidence for paranormal phenomena. 

Review:

I quite liked this book, although at the end of it I felt a little underwhelmed, just like I did when I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Jackson.

My favorite thing about this book is definitely the house where everything takes place; I felt like I could really picture it and I could really feel how wrong the whole place felt. You get a true sense of how easy it is to get lost in the house; it's almost like its own character. There are several scenes where something decisively scary happens in the house, and I really liked those as well. 

I liked reading about the characters, even though I probably didn't feel a strong connection to any of them, or particularly liked them all that much. It was interesting to see how they fared throughout the book and as you read, you do question wether or not you can trust these people, or if they're really sane. 

I think I just expected this to be scarier and more exciting than I felt it was; sometimes I think the story meanders a bit and we go on tangents I didn't find particularly interesting. I'm glad I read this though, because the haunted house part of the story was excellent. 

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