kyle_nielsen

My favorite Shirley Jackson book because of its mysterious nature and character development. For me, Natalie Waite was very easy to relate to in many ways, until the appearance of Toni and the downward spiral. Definitely not as creepy or scary as The Haunting of Hill House, but a great read for the amount of detail and psychological suspense. While I started my senior thesis reading The Haunting of Hill House, I eventually would up reading almost all of Shirley Jackson and settled on writing about just this one novel. My thesis investigating the women's roles of the time and the hero cycle. It makes me sad that I can't remember most of what I wrote, but it was about 8 years ago! I do remember though that almost none of the critical writing on the book discussing the rape. My cover does not look like this at all! This cover is the perfect cover for this book, whereas my cover sucks. It has a picture of a blond frightened looking girl with a noose. When discussing girl names, it was no accident that Natalie Wait's name made it on the list. Of course, Natalie Portman helped it become our final choice.

2023-01-13 09:36