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Summary: questteam2000@yahoo.com
Review: "The Haunting" takes place in a big ugly haunted house. The author Shirleyy Jackson makes you think about every single word. The book is totally different than the movie so I didn't know what to expect. I recommend this book to people who like thrilling suspences.
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Summary: THE ghost story
Review: Shirley Jackson is the master of story telling. She has a way of making you think about every word she writes. She makes even the smallest details a major part of the over all story (like the stone lions). The Haunting of Hill House is a great psychological horror novel that is notorious for making you jump. By the tragic end, you are shocked that such a great story could come from one woman.
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Summary: A Mix of Classic Horror and Modern Terror
Review: Shirley Jackson's The Haunting (of Hill House) is actually very, very scary compared to the movie. In the book, four people travel to a large, amazingly ugly, mansion. Two very bizarre care-takers have kept it and the grounds in fairly good shape. But the property is still terrible, nonetheless. While in the house, strange things start to happen. These happenings start small, but then rise to monstrous proportions. Soon, the four conclude that the house IS alive, and out to get one of them. Now, the house is changing each and every patient's attitude, and it is slowly choosing which one shall join it in its lonliness. Everyone must work together in saving one another, but will they succeed? Throughout the whole book, The Haunting leaves you with nothing but fear and a hideous feeling of evil, which is EXACTLY what Shirley Jackson wanted you to feel. Even after you finish and think it over, the book will be more terrifying and scary than ever, which are feelings that you will never forget. You have been warned.
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Summary: Poor Eleanor!
Review: Jackson's classic of the horror genre fell a little short of the mark for me; my feeling while reading the novel was that it was essentially a short story extended to novel form. It did have my skin crawling a couple of time, but not as much as I was expecting. I wonder if the horror classification has done the book a disservice; had I been looking for something different, like the human element in Eleanor's story, would I have read this differently? Or is this how the horror genre works? If you have the time, give it a read; it's not bad.
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Summary: Uh, um . . .
Review: Yes, I'm fumbling for words. Maybe my mind is too shallow for this deeply and subtley horrifying book, but the only thing reacting on my body was my skin. It was crawling with impatience. Silly dialogue, boring descriptions and a slow-moving plot line made for a very dull read. Yawwwn. I'd rather read TV Guide. I expected a lot more from the writer of The Lottery. Maybe too much. (November, 1998) UPDATE: I re-read this book in December 1998 and it stands as one of my favourite novels of all time. At the time I was reading _Haunting_, I was already a fan of Jackson's and own all of her available works. I think that I was expecting to be scared in the modern style we are now accustomed to. However, upon re-reading, I realized I really wasn't appreciating this book for what it was - deftly subtle, quietly creeping upon you and terrifying the wits out of you. The evil lurks beneath the calm veneer that Jackson has crafted, like a hand coming up out of a grave while you tend its flowers on a sunny day.
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Summary: Very Good
Review: This is my second favorite book of all time behind Girl, Interruped by Susan Kaysen{ I SUGGEST YOU READ THAT BOOK ITS VERY GOOD] Even if you hated the movie "The Haunting" the book is totally different {It Better} More scarier and more thrill rushes. I recommand that you read this book insted of watching the movie. The Haunting Of Hill House A- The Haunting C+
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Summary: the haunting
Review: its too good for me to tell people
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Summary: Spookier than Mariah Carey!
Review: The Haunting, by Shirley Jackson, is a well written, haunting tale, and it's occaisionally funny. "You can bring your ukelele and strum to us while we eat chicken sandwiches!"
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Summary: The Haunting of Hill House
Review: The haunting of hill house was a story about a house which had been empty for eighty years. The house has been empty because two people were murdered there. A young woman Eleanor moved into the house because no one else in the family would move in. The story follows Eleonor as she lives in the house. I would give this book 3 stars. Because I thought it was a ok book. I was disapointed because there wasn't enough action or gore. I think this book would be good for someone who dosent like extreamly scary stories.
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Summary: robert of bolingbrook,Il.
Review: I agree with Schuyler Johnson of Florida about the two missing scenes that could have deepen the plot. And for the many readers that projected Eleanor's disturbing psychotic addicting behavior- like the scene of the foursome sitting in the purple parlor and Eleanor "feeling a part of something" clearly states her lack of normality. I had seen the movie and read the book,and concour that they both are truely classics in their own genre. Shirley Jackson depicts the inner most fears to bring them out as a outward disfunctional rationality. Like every genius, Jackson has to be seen or read time and again to begin to understand her intent. As for the ending of the car crashing into the tree, I felt alittle let down at first. Realizing that this is what Eleanor thought she wanted until reality set in was to find a place of belonging.The house and Eleanor were attracted to each other as a love affair for the psychologically disfunctional.
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