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The Haunting of Hill House
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October 1, 2023
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October 31, 2023
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What Members Thought

Laura
I enjoyed this book (and was able to check off a "horror" box on a reading challenge with it), but I didn't find it overly scary. Today's reader is a bit jaded after having read lots of mysteries, thrillers, and Harry Potter. ...more
Shinta_read
Feb 23, 2020 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: horror
"Salah satu kisah horor terbaik abad ke-20." Demikian label buku ini yang menjadikannya salah satu buku yang wajib dibaca. Ini juga sepertinya buku bertema horor pertama yang kubaca (selain buku-buku RL Stine, ya).

Idenya tentu saja memang brilian, Hill House merupakan rumah besar berusia 80 tahun yang sedari awal didesain dan dibangun dengan tidak wajar oleh pemiliknya (view spoiler) dan telah "memakan" banyak korban. Seor
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Mike
Nov 29, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: horror, classics

Update 7/10/15

Read this again. Much better when enjoyed slowly, to let the madness build cumulatively. Now I see how scary the story gets.
Denise
I had previously only read one story by Shirley Jackson. That being THE LOTTERY. That one STILL haunts me to this day.

I had just reread Ira Levin's ROSEMARY'S BABY, and wanted to continue with more classic horror. I really love reading/watching source material, as it is fun and interesting to see how much writers and filmmakers are inspired by the classics to create their content. I found Shirley's writing approachable, and more "modern" to me than I had expected. I really love psychological ho
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CMG (Mac)
Jan 05, 2020 rated it it was ok
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Ketutar Jensen
Dec 05, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: halloween-25
I was surprised to realize how close the movie got (1st movie, the 1963 one), though they got some things wrong. I don't understand why they had to put in the love story. :-( ...more
Dana
Nov 01, 2007 rated it really liked it
Dan
Feb 05, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: horror
Jayme Pendergraft
Sep 14, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2011
Carrie
Aug 30, 2012 marked it as to-read
Sarina
Dec 12, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: gothic-feel
Betty
Feb 16, 2014 marked it as to-read
Kai Coates
Oct 20, 2016 rated it it was amazing
withpins
Dec 25, 2016 rated it really liked it
Mychal V
Jun 06, 2017 marked it as to-read
Lauralei Dorian
Oct 27, 2017 marked it as to-read
Melissa
Jul 24, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: scififantasy
Liz
Oct 13, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kim
Oct 28, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: finished-in-2018
Tammy Grimm
Jun 12, 2019 marked it as to-read
Grace
Jun 30, 2019 rated it liked it
Karen
Dec 06, 2019 rated it liked it
Julie
Sep 28, 2020 rated it liked it
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