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Feb 11, 2009 Brad rated it
Shelves: classic, horror
Rarely have my feelings about a book been so jumbled.

I hated all The Haunting of Hill House's characters so much that I couldn't stand reading the book, yet Shirley Jackson's need to make us hate all the characters in the book, and her success impressed the hell out of me.

But then I wondered if the reason I hated the characters was not genuinely because of the book, but because of the crappy film version from 1999. Jan de Bont's remake, The Haunting, was abysmal, and the ...more
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I have to agree with what this person said. I really didn't like any of the characters in the book; but I didn't hate them. After warding the movie I really didn't like any of the characters for the fact that I just din't like any of them. Even the main character didn't stand out to me. I found it strange, because the main character kept on talking to herself and it was a little creepy at times. I really didn't enjoy the movie because it was made in the 19 century, and that was a complete turn off towards tring to like the movie. It wasn't all that great, but it was what it was. I just wish there was some color and more scary scenes because it would have made the movie a lot better than how others and I viewed it.