A couple of months ago I picked up The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson at the L.A. Times Festival of books and I finally got around to reading it (by comparison Lucinda bought three books at the festival and read them all within a week of purchase). The story is simple... a scientist wants to study a haunted house in a scientific manner and invites along a few people that have had paranormal experiences in the past. And of course the house is haunted and a bunch of scary stuff happens. Most of the focus of the story is on one of the other participants, Eleanor, and how the haunting plays to her fears and at the same times becomes very important to her.
The book was a fun read and now I'll have to watch the movie version. My only real complaint is (like in every haunted house story) that I don't understand why everyone stayed in the house for so long. It is totally haunted and random scary things kept happening... I would have left after what happened the first night, but the characters are determined to stay and see what other things the house will do to them.... I'll give it an A.
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