A review by alicroz34
A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

dark tense medium-paced

3.75

This was a very fun read! It sometimes felt like Hill House, sometimes felt like the Overlook, sometimes felt like something totally different. A few things took me out of it, like the sound design references that didn't totally make sense and a few concepts that felt counter to the original material. For instance, I have a hard time imagining Hill House sitting so idly by while all its furnishings were sold off by some Hillsdale realtor. You can suspend disbelief to assume that the three women watching over the house have discovered ways of tempering it, but still - not exactly in the Jackson world that I am fully obsessed with. 

Bonus points for the poisoning that felt like a nod to We Have Always Lived in the Castle.


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