NO SPOILER Book REVIEW![]() I love horror and Halloween so it is crazy that I have never read the Haunting of Hill House. This year as I was searching for a spooky book to start the season, I kept seeing this book on all the lists. After about the 100th time that I saw this book I realized that it is not in fact The Hills Have Eyes (yuck) and then I felt like an idiot for ignoring this book. Don’t judge me! We’re all guilty of skimming! It took my brain a few pages to get used to Shirley Jackson’s superior writing style. I had just finished a popular fiction book that was only okay, so my brain was a little lazy at first. After that, I was completely engaged by the characters and creeped out by the sadistic house. I made the mistake of reading this right before bed several times. I had to consciously remind myself that nothing creepy has ever happened in my house so I could sleep. Don’t assume that because this book is 60 years old that it is a safe quaint Halloween read. Most readers will be spooked by this book, and it has moments of real violence. However, it is not gory or obscene the way that a lot of modern Horror can be. This is the perfect book for anyone looking for a haunted Halloween ghost story. Follow this link for a list of New(ish) Thrillers That Will Give You the Creeps! For more Can't Wait Book Lists, No Spoiler Book Reviews and Articles from the Library Life, subscribe below! ![]() Goodreads Summary 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, the lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
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I'm certainly not judging, especially since I haven't read this book either! *goes hiding in the corner* BUT it does sound perfect for this season and I actually enjoy 'old' books, so why not reading it? But not before bed time . . . Gotcha!
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Alison Kelly
10/16/2019 07:53:36 am
It is pretty spooky, certainly not for everyone!
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10/16/2019 04:46:11 am
I think they did a mini-series on Netflix about this, but I haven't watched it. I'm quite the scaredy cat when it comes to horror things, although I insist on watching horror films to my bestie's disapproval (who is then 'forced' to watch them with me).
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Alison Kelly
10/16/2019 07:57:55 am
I am excited to watch the Netflix series, they tend to have really high quality content. I'll have to wait a while so that I am not picking at every single little detail that gets changed in the show, lol.
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10/21/2019 11:14:20 am
Next on my list to read - just in time for halloween! Thank you!
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Alison Kelly
10/21/2019 12:31:38 pm
Absolutely! I hope you enjoy it!
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10/22/2019 08:55:16 am
Sometimes, you can’t beat the classics! Personally, I’m not really a horror fan but I think this rule can extend to various genres
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Alison Kelly
10/22/2019 09:31:40 am
Sarah! Let me know if you would like recommendations in a particular genre. Always happy to talk books!
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