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Spuk in Hill House by Shirley Jackson
3.0

I had high hopes, especially since Stephen King called it one of the truly scary novels.

It was indeed well written and easy to follow with interesting characters. But I was expecting more tension out of it, there were some times which could be described as eery but all in all it was more a novel for me than a scary story.

Perhaps I'm not familiar enough with the way storytelling was back in the times of Miss Jackson or what was considered spooky in that era.

I enjoyed reading it but my expectations weren't met.