I didn’t read a lot this month. Between getting my new website
done (should be launching the first week of June) and wrapping up The Devil’s
Shadow, I’ve been swamped. I did however manage to get some reading done.
I have been wanting to read this for a while, happened to
see it while I was book shopping and picked it up right then. Worth the wait?
Absolutely. I love a good gothic and Hill House certainly fits the bill. While
there are no grab you by the throat, terrifying moments, the general creepiness
is wonderfully written. The subtlety of Nell’s possession is also brilliant. And
could anyone not love prose that include lines like this, “insist on your cup
of stars. Once they force you to be like everyone else, you’ll never see your
cups of stars again.”
Yes, I realize that I am probably the only person left on
Earth who had not yet read this book. But I had the flu this week and spent a couple
of days in bed, so figured why not? To be fair, I had already seen the movie so
there was really nothing new for me. I was impressed with how close the movie
stayed to the book. It was good quick read, and I will likely read the next two
books in the series.
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