The Haunting of Hill House

“Fear,” the doctor said, “is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway.”

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I enjoyed the Haunting of Hill House and it deserves its four star rating in my opinion, the first thing fans of the Netflix show need to be aware of is the story in the show is very different to the story in the book, some characters are named the same with similar personalities, the the setting (obviously) is Hill House but that's where the similarities end.

I would describe Hill House as a psychological horror, there are no real “events” that kick the story off its more of a gradual climb, characters personalities change progressively without realising and before you know it the house has its hold on you.

The books plot follows an author who is investigating Hill House and its history, he invites three assistants to help him and to also record there experience of Hill House, each person is though to be in touch with the supernatural in some way. As there time in Hill House increases there handle on normality decreases.

I would 100% recommend this book to horror or suspense fans, Just dont expect the show's setting.