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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson – book review
“Bow all your heads to our adored Mary Katherine.” In recent years Shirley Jackson has experienced a kind of renascence. Perhaps because of Netflix’s adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House or possibly thanks to contemporary authors (such as Donna Tartt, Neil Gaiman, and Stephen King) who have credited Jackson as their inspiration, enhancing her…
1950s, 1st pov, 20th century, 5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, ALIENATION, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, atmospheric, blackwood manor, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, class, constance blackwood, creepy setting, fairytalesque prose, favourite authors, female authors, GOTHIC, House As Character, Kafkaesque, manor/big house, merricat blackwood, modern gothic, MYSTERY, occult, psychological, psychopaths, published in 1962, re-reads, read in 2016, read in 2017, read in 2018, READ IN 2019, read in 2020, read in 2021, SHIRLEY JACKSON, SISTERS, surreal, SUSPENSE, terrific prose, unreliable narrators, village, WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, witchcraft -
LET ME TELL YOU: BOOK REVIEW
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings by Shirley Jackson ★★★★✰ 4 of 5 stars I thought I was insane, and would write about how the only sane people are the ones who are condemned as mad, and how the whole world is cruel and foolish and afraid of people who are…
1950s, 20th century, 4 STARS, Adult, ALIENATION, America, AMERICAN AUTHOR, CLASSICS, collection of short stories, ESSAYS, Essays on writing, female authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, HORROR, MEMOIR, modern classics, Nonfiction, paranoia, PARANORMAL, READ IN 2019, SHIRLEY JACKSON, short stories, SUSPENSE, the haunting of hill house, WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, writing about writing
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