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rofax · 6 months

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So I just finished The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and was looking up some other people's reviews and analysis to bounce my ideas off of and I found these two. Random fuckening dudes. With such gems as:

• "Shirley Jackson is an okay writer" and the opening paragraph is "not bad"

• There is SOME good writing in the book

• The end fizzles out, as all Shirley Jackson's work does

• There's too much unnecessary content, like the characters talking to each other

• Eleanor came there to disguise herself and kills herself when she's found out

• Eleanor finds something about herself is so unappealing that she kills herself so she can be special

• "The ending needed to be executed better"

• "Why is she afraid at the end??"

HELLO?? DID YOU TWO READ THE BOOK? DID YOU COMPLETE 10TH GRADE ENGLISH?? ARE YOU BOYS FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?

#ro talks #shirley jackson #eleanor vance #the haunting of hill house #the ego of these two uninspired men sitting and jerking themselves off about how they could do a better job than miss jackson #like oh my god did you actually read the book???#theyre waxing philosophical now about how the book is about the need to create art #BOYS ITS ABOUT A WOMANS DESCENT INTO MADNESS BC SHE IS ALONE AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN ALONE #ITS A CHARACTER STUDY OF ELEANOR AND THE HOUSE #HOPE THIS HELPS DIPSHITS #i actually cant handle how theyre lambasting mrs montague for being pretentious and thinking she knows everything #while they are doing exactly that #OH MY GOD???#“if you liked this novel #i think you will like the shining!“#tell me you didnt understand the fucking book without telling me

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