The Haunting of Hill House

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Summary: If you like Stephen King...
Review: ...avoid this book. King commonly 'borrows' from this book, but only to intellectually supplement what could only be called his McNovels. Many people, as evident from the reviews, expected a worded description of the many schlock movies adapted from Jackson's novel. Well, its not. Its more akin to The Catcher in the Rye, than The Shining. The ghosts exist in the psyche of Eleanor Vance, and the demons are in the cold distant pleasantries of the other Hill House guests. If you like Catcher in the Rye, My Idea of Fun, The Belljar, etc, then buy an old vinyl of Love is Blue, and sit down with this Shirley Jackson novel on a dark and stormy night.