The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House

1959 • 178 pages

Ratings429

Average rating3.7

15

I enjoyed this better than ‘We Have Always Lived in a Castle', the prose/quality of the writing was wonderful.

Writing is pretty good. My opinion of the relationship between Eleanor and Theodora fluctuates. I enjoy the Doctor as a way to reveal Hill House's history...but I frustratingly keep thinking “just take the doors off their hinges!” But it is a decent plot device to have them keep shutting and have the possible reasons for their shutting to be the balance of the house or Mrs. Dudley.

Update:
Netflix released a series (Oct 2018) that is supposed to be based off of this, but so far is rather different. I will consider giving this a re-read.

July 22, 2015