A review by booksandbraids
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

3.0

I’ve just been in a negative sort of mood lately. I felt like I was distracted while I read this and could therefore not appreciate it as much as I should have. There is a Goodreads review by someone named Michael that has well over a thousand likes that I read afterwards and they made it sound so beautiful and detailed and purposeful. I feel like we read totally different books. I want to read the book that he read and to appreciate it the way he appreciated it. 

The whole time I was reading it I kept thinking that ghost stories are much better as visual adaptations. With the jump scares and ominous music in the background. The audiobook has some spooky music moments at transitions and those were probably the best parts of the book.