the haunting of hill house shirley jackson book

What makes this book so enjoyable are the characters, each one seems to be hiding something.

Bookshot of © The Folio Society 2022, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson I also enjoyed the way the house seemed to breathe, its unwilling occupants like blood in the veins being pushed around by the ominous presence within. It’s masterful and shows her brilliance accordingly – from descriptions of the building and her picking out facial elements of the house and transposing this on the structure before our characters gave a sense of brooding and impending horror from the outset. Just a little mind you as Jackson quickly allayed these feelings of disappointment! Illustration by © Angie Hoffmeister 2022, from The Haunting of Hill House, The Folio Society 2022įor starters the book is great, I loved the way Shirley Jackson was able to make Hill House come alive as if the house was a living breathing character all of itself. It didn’t, and I’m going to say I felt a little letdown.

I enjoyed the television show so much that I thought the book would be more in the same vein and style of the show that has spawned a reawakening in the consumption of this novel. Of course, I’d watched the television show which was recently out, which I feel may have coloured my enjoyment of this classic, because I was a little let down by the book ( please don’t hit me in the face). Illustration by © Angie Hoffmeister 2022, from The Haunting of Hill House, The Folio Society 2022

High praise indeed! So, when Folio Society dropped this exquisite version I decided to start the journey, and I have to say I did quite like it it was a slow brooding horror that seemed to chill the bones and contort the mind.īut having enjoyed it, I wasn’t completely sold. Others said that this book is a must-read that delivers horror in a way no other book has. I was told by a few people to read this book, many of those people also told me that this book changed their lives and the way they approached horror.

The haunting of hill house shirley jackson book