The Twitter Book Group "met" this week.
(I started a Twitter Book Group earlier this year and this is the 6th book we've talked about.
More information about it all can be found HERE)
This month, the book chosen via a Twitter poll was Shirley Jackson's classic "The Haunting of Hill House"
This is a cracking cover!! Well done Penguin.
20 people in the group read it and were part of the discussion. It was ace.
The book's written from the point of view of Eleanor, one of the people who's invited to Hill House for the summer to partake in an experiment. As the story slowly unfolds, we are never quite sure what is real and what is imagined.
No spoilers here btw.
There was a bit of a split in opinion. Whilst most of the group really enjoyed and found the writing superb, there was the feeling with a few that it didn't really grab them and the story missed sense of drama.
Here are a few of the comments.
It had the ability to "charm and unnerve me simultaneously"
"It has one of the best opening paragraphs I have ever read"
"eerie and sad"
"I think the house hates them as much as we do"
There was a TV series recently of the same name, but apparently it bears little resemblance to the book.
Everyone who wanted to gave the book a mark out of 10 and this resulted in it getting an average mark of a VERY respectable 7.3.
The lowest mark was 5 and the highest was 9.5.
Thanks to everyone who joined in. I'll be putting a poll up on twitter to help us decide what book to read next month in a minute, so please vote.
If you want to get involved in future chats, tweet me @biggreenbooks with the hashtag #bgbookgroup.
Bye!
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