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BaggysMom t1_ixs59qc wrote

I love it when someone discovers this book. You should read "We Have Always Lived in the Castle", also by Shirley Jackson.

One thing I noticed about Eleanor is that she fabricates much of her life. It's as though her real life has been so mundane and boring that she has to borrow things from other people or places such as the cup of stars from the little girl in the restaurant and the stone lions from the house she passes on the way to Hill House. It makes me wonder just how miserable she is if remaining at Hill House seems better to her than going back to her old life.

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AxidentalMe OP t1_ixsied3 wrote

Watching her play around with the narration was mesmerising. The segment when she keeps remarking how she hates Theodora was so good. I’ll definitely start the castle asap

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WilhelmSkreem t1_ixscsqq wrote

Aw, snap. I was just coming into the comments to recommend we have always lived in the castle. Personally I think it's the better novel.

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Marzipwn t1_ixwb4rm wrote

I came here to recommend this book also. WHALITC is my favourite book of all time and I tried it purely because I enjoyed Hill House so much!

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