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Summary: Great writing, but not too spooky
Review: The writing style used by Jackson keeps the book going at a reasonable pace. This book gives you the creeps on several occasions, but to use the word "horrifying", is a huge overstatement. Not that it wasn't interesting, somewhat suspenseful, and generally a good book, but anyone who consideres this horrifying needs to get out more often. I wanted a little more actual haunting and a little less banter. Still a very smooth reading and enjoyable book though.
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Summary: This book is about a haunted house with a great suspense.
Review: Shirley Jackson called the boook i was reading The Haunting of Hill House. The book is about a Doctor named John Montaguewho ws a philosopher. He took his degree in anthropology feeling that in this field he might come close to the superntural manifestations. When he found out that Hill House was known as haunted he ask to rent the house for 3 months and was to be compensated on his publications of his definite work on the causes tha made the house "haunted". he decided to take 3 guests to stay with him in the house, and that's where the story begins. I really enjoyed the book because it ws more than just a scary story and it felt so real. It made me feel like I was inside the house experiencing all the sensations the characters were feeling. I give a lot of credit to the author because the way he described every scene was awesome. I will definitely recommend this book to anybody that loves supernatural manifestations.
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Summary: Great novel dealing with psycological meanings and symbolism
Review: This was a well written horror novel. In the Haunting of Hill House the old mansion has many symbolic meanings. It serves as Eleanor's lover and rescuer at the end of the tale. Jackson is the master of suspence and this book will definately send chills down your spine.
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Summary: NEVER read this during daytime...
Review: This book is perfect. A perfect cover, simple yet suiting. A perfect touch, pleasant, like velvet. A perfect story, albeit horrifying...Shirley Jackson is(was) the perfect writer, whom just couldn't fail at what she does(did) best... She creates her own world, as realistic as ours, with a tragic, cruel, and cursed history for Hill House, the main character, and it's inhabitants. Perfect. All the characters aren't stereotypes; they're human. Eleanor might be an oddball hysteric, but she has a past which has made her that way. There are only about 4 actual hauntings in this book, but more than enough eerie sections, which are the real creepers... For instance, Eleanor's frolick through the house one night when all the others are sleeping, and her mood swing and sudden revulsion for her new best friend, Theodora, which just creeped me out. In the beginning when they had become immediate friends and were comparing themselves and their relatives to each other, they had marked themselves as obvious cousins. Readers of the book have to admit, in the part where Theodora must move into Eleanor's room because of the supernatural phenomena which had taken place in hers and she states cheerfully the two will be just like sisters, they were freaked the moment they read Eleanor simply say, spitefully, and out of earshot, "Cousins." NEVER read this book during daytime, as I made that mistake never to read a page after nightfall... It still scared me, but it was ruined by my cowardice. The more this book scares you, the more you'll like it. After all, why would you keep reading it if you don't want to?
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Summary: STAY AWAY if you're a "shallow" reader
Review: As a highschool student, it was quite difficult to understand. I found it very confusing and I was unsure what was going on much of the time. This book requires a deep understanding that much of the younger audiences probably would not have.
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Summary: One Of The Best Books I've Read
Review: I really loved this book. I'm usually not a scary book or movie type person but something about both the book and movie made me want to be scared silly. One thing I can definitley say is that I cannot wait for the remake to come out.
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Summary: Not very Engrossing or Scary
Review: I found the book to be rather slow moving and not very suspenseful. The ending was of no surprise. Perhaps this "classic" has not aged well. By today's standards it is downright tepid.
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Summary: I am amazed at all the raves because I think it's trash!
Review: The writing is sloppy; the characters stereotypes (tho' I will grant that Jackson may have created the stereotypes); the motivations weak; the story totally implausible; the internal logic non-existant. Is there some kind of mass hypnosis going on that accounts for the feelings of horror and pleasure among the readers?
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Summary: Most Frightening
Review: This is the scariest book I have ever read. Jackson preys upon the worst fears, thing at the door, the thing in bed with you. She creates an atomsphere of unnamable fear. Nothing is ever defined. There are no answers. After I finished this book, I couldn't sleep comfortably for days. She introduces you to fear and leaves you there for your mind to create its own scenarios.
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Summary: One of the best horror novels of all time...
Review: This is definitely one of those books that "gets under your skin" without you even knowing it. Without resorting to cheap thrills and creaky ghost cliches, Shirley Jackson crafts a horrifying story about a haunted house that figuratively "devours" people -- and we must live in the mind of its current victim! The prose style and the deft handling of this difficult bit of perspective are unmatched in horror literature. Once you read that opening paragraph, you too will find that you can never escape from Hill House... for there's nothing you can do if it doesn't want you to leave...
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