The Haunting of Hill House Novel by Shirley Jackson

3.82 AVERAGE

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erin_esq's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
This book was gripping from start to finish, mysterious. A perfect way to kick off fall. 
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charlieb03's review against another edition

5.0
dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
It wasn’t particularly scary, but very creepy and unsettling. Very well written, and I’d read it again in a heartbeat

armstrongangela83's review against another edition

1.0
mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
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official_saraid's review against another edition

2.25
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

_lovebirdreads's review against another edition

4.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced

courge37's review against another edition

3.0
I felt kinda lost sometimes when reading this, like one second Eleanor hated Theodora and then she didn't, or one second the ladies were freaking out and then acting like nothing happened, or acting like they were into Luke then into each other then not, or they just dropped random sentences at times, or the repetition of journeys ending in lovers meeting and the lies about star cups and weird stuff like that. I never knew if it was because the house was making them go insane or if I was just lost...

Also I would've liked more explanation for the ending.

(Thanks to Schmoop I understood a bit better)

LOVEEED MRS. MONTAGUE xD!! And Arthur and Mrs. Dudley were cool too xD
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_lucrezia_'s review against another edition

4.0
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hana_hanzel's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alexa22201's review against another edition

1.0
If Shirley Jackson has no haters it means I’m dead. The Netflix people have a great imagination because this book was beyond boring, ready to put me to sleep. I had to force myself to get through it. She also doesn’t know how to have a cohesive thought for the life of her. I would give this 0 stars if I could.
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jayneyre's review against another edition

4.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes