The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
Taste attributes: horrormonster/alien/supernaturalpsychologicalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryglossyenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
Boxlist takeA fantastical horror novel that is inventive, morally murky and contained. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and...
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- Shirley Jackson
- Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 246
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