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Summary: Hideous.
Review: The point of a Shirley Jackson story is, "Look how _evil_ I can be! Isn't it _fun!"_No. Actually, it isn't.
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Summary: The most overrated book imaginable
Review: Like many others, the new release of "The Haunting" prompted me to buy the book. I found the book to be so boring that I haven't made an effort to see the movie. The book was a complete waste of time. None of the characters are sympathetic, so as a reader, I didn't care what happened to any of them (which was basically nothing). The female characters have such a loose grip on reality to begin with that I didn't find the protagonist's mental breakdown to be surprising or frightening in any way. I recommend reading something else.
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Summary: The Hau... what its not scary!
Review: I thought how she wrote the story was very well excellent but the ending makes for a poor book. But it is still a book you should have to take time or what not.
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Summary: Read this one in broad daylight! It will haunt you forever.
Review: Shirley Jackson is a master of horror architecture. She asks the reader to accept small anomolies one at a time while she weaves them into an original chilling tapestry. While the Haunting of Hill House can seem a little dated in some of its details, it wraps the reader in an ambience skewed just enough to remain believable while it stands your neck-hairs on end. This one's a keeper, buy a hard-copy, you'll re-read it again and again.
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Summary: the best book
Review: I just saw the movie "The Haunting" and I had to read the book because all the movie crities were saying how bad the movie was. i thought that is was a great movie and the book was even beter it was so good some times you thought you were their. It was the best book I have every read.
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Summary: wrenching, a psycological thriller
Review: i have never before read a book that made me more skeptical of everything i have been taught was reality. this is not a "read-while-you-fall-asleep" book. jackson stands out as a master of her craft. enjoyably terrifying. -r.h.,13
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Summary: One of the best Haunted House Books ever!
Review: I agree with a former reviewer: I am 43 and saw the black and white movie in the early 60's. It shaped my fears about ghosts and made me a haunted house fan. My imagination and life were never the same after I saw this movie as a kid. Fear was generated without the gorry and unbelievable special effects we have today in horror films. The movie used the scarriest sets, one's own imagination. The book is just as good.
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Summary: GOOD-NOT TOO SCARY
Review: I wasn't sure what to expect when I started the book, but slowly I got so attached that I was unable to put it down. Definitely a good psycological thriller, and yet it doesn't scare you too much that you can't fall asleep at night.
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Summary: The Haunting?
Review: The books true title is The Haunting of Hill House, and is a classic of horror fiction. Its a shame Dreamworks chose to change the title to match that of its absolutly terrible film version just released. For those who don't know, there is very little simularity between Shirley Jacksons greatest novel , and the godawfull new film. The book is a study in pychological horror and deals with the gradual breakdown of "Nell", under the effect of the entity(or not) of Hill House. Read this book and save your $8.00! After reading this book if you still want to see a filmed version, find Robert Wise's 1963 "the Haunting" which stays much closer to the novel and is pretty scary. But, read the novel first!
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Summary: And Whatever walked there...walked alone at my back...
Review: I read this book in the mid 60's as a teen-ager and only on occasion have I had the skin at the back of my neck prickle or wonder just what that sound may be. A new recreated movie version is out and my teenage son is dying(pardon the pun) to go. I am afraid, as I was with the first movie, that I will be disapointed again. Ms Jackson virtually scared the teenage hell out of me without the gore or the sick dialogue that we so often receive, but also I was struck with the sad and lovely Eleanor who finally came home. This is a horror story but one that that makes you think of the cold of our psyche.
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