Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House
I feel like everyone is talking about this book right now, because of course it's the perfect time of year to read a spooky story! I've actually never read this, and didn't watch the Netflix series, so I went into this knowing almost nothing about it. And it was SO CREEPY. SOOOOO CREEPY. But also funny at times. Anyway, if you don't know anything about it, the gist is that a paranormal researcher rents a haunted house for the summer, and invites two young women (who maybe have psychic abilities) and the heir to the house to investigate.(Sidebar: Theo is definitely a lesbian, right? And Eleanor?) As is common with people hanging out in haunted houses, things don't go too well. Jackson excels at this sort of psychological ambiguous terror, perfect October reading. A-.
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