I heard of this Penguin Modern Classic title from The Telegraph’s 15 Scary Books to Terrify You This Halloween.
Dr Montague, an eminent anthropologist with an interest in paranormal activity decides to spend time at Hill House, which has been plagued with rumours of mysterious going-ons for eighty years. He gathers a group of voluntary assistants: Eleanor, Theodore and Luke, who all witness various anomalies but are they equipped to deal with the malevolence that lurks within Hill House?
Written in the late 1950s, this novel is highly regarded as a milestone in horror writing and in the way it portrays the imposing Hill House and the suspense built throughout the novel, I can understand why. However, there’s a lot of telling in this novel and very little showing. Ultimately a lot of the details of the horror are left to the readers imagination.
A good ghost story for the era it was written, but not the best I have read in 2015.
Links To Book:
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Ajoobacats Blog 
Great review. I’ve read some of Shirley Jackson’s short stories, but I’ve never read one of her novels.
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This is the only Shirley Jackson book I have read, I can see why she is considered an influential writer.
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You know what I loved about Hill House? The comic relief–when Mrs. Montague shows up and just hits it off with that grim old housekeeper. It was the very last thing I expected!
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Mrs Montague was excellent, I wish she had entered earlier in the book but then I don’t think it would have been as terrifying.
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