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kittycaserine's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
romanticallyours's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
noona's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
- There is no group therapy or psychiatry or community social services for the child who must cope with the thing under the bed or in the cellar every night, the thing which leers and capers and threatens just beyond the point where vision will reach. The same lonely battle must be fought night after night and the only cure is the eventual ossification of the imaginary faculties, and this is called adulthood.
- Ben smiled back, 'Mark Twain said a novel was a confession to everything by a man who had never done anything.
- Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us, how good stories abide, unchanged and mutely wise.
- there may be some truth in that idea that houses absorb the emotions that are spent in them.
- No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill house, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within;... silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill house and whatever walked there, walked alone. -Shirley Jackson
The haunting of Hill House
jessi_2000's review against another edition
5.0
“The basis of all human fears, he thought. A closed door, slightly ajar.”
kimberlyf's review against another edition
5.0
“Things have gone bad in the Lot now.” BOY HAVE THEY
The prologue and then that eerie quote from The Haunting of Hill House to kick off part one almost makes it seem as if King is leading readers to believe that this is going to be a story about a haunted house. And while it’s obvious by now —hello, this was published almost 50 years ago— that this is not a book about a haunted house, I think we can all still agree that there is something seriously strange going on at Marsten House. I love the way that King wrote about Marsten House, making it a character of its own, in good horror fashion.
We also gets chapters titled “The Lot” where we see different happenings in the town from different perspectives which I thoroughly enjoyed. It gives readers a sense of how close knit this town is and how the smallest ripple affects the entire Lot.
You often hear people complaining of King being “too wordy” which, you could argue, is true. However I reveled in the way that he set up this novel — giving us a very thorough description of the main characters before the “horror” really comes knocking at the door. Even still, there is a deep sense of foreboding that is present from the first page.
There were a lot of characters involved here but I never felt confused about who was who because King creates an incredible story and life for each of them.
This was a brilliant vampire story. 5 blood sucking stars
The prologue and then that eerie quote from The Haunting of Hill House to kick off part one almost makes it seem as if King is leading readers to believe that this is going to be a story about a haunted house. And while it’s obvious by now —hello, this was published almost 50 years ago— that this is not a book about a haunted house, I think we can all still agree that there is something seriously strange going on at Marsten House. I love the way that King wrote about Marsten House, making it a character of its own, in good horror fashion.
We also gets chapters titled “The Lot” where we see different happenings in the town from different perspectives which I thoroughly enjoyed. It gives readers a sense of how close knit this town is and how the smallest ripple affects the entire Lot.
You often hear people complaining of King being “too wordy” which, you could argue, is true. However I reveled in the way that he set up this novel — giving us a very thorough description of the main characters before the “horror” really comes knocking at the door. Even still, there is a deep sense of foreboding that is present from the first page.
There were a lot of characters involved here but I never felt confused about who was who because King creates an incredible story and life for each of them.
This was a brilliant vampire story. 5 blood sucking stars
criminalpancakes's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
lilybreann's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
3.25
first part was genuinely so engaging
second part killed any momentum i had
third part began as a poor man’s stand before becoming a generic vampire story with a nice epilogue
second part killed any momentum i had
third part began as a poor man’s stand before becoming a generic vampire story with a nice epilogue
dakinpj's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
phantomwise's review against another edition
3.0
I did like it a lot, but I confess to rolling my eyes when I figured out it was about vampires. Not the best of his books, though, and just a tad bit too long. Those last 200 pages were killer.