Six years after four members of the Blackwood family died of arsenic poisoning, the three survivors-elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and 18-year-old Mary Katherine, or Merricat-live in peaceful solitude. Merricat has devised an eccentric set of laws and defensive charms to keep the estate safe from intruding villagers. However, a stranger appears one day-cousin Charles, who is after the Blackwood fortune-and manages to infiltrate their carefully guarded lives. Merricat resorts to severe ...
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Six years after four members of the Blackwood family died of arsenic poisoning, the three survivors-elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and 18-year-old Mary Katherine, or Merricat-live in peaceful solitude. Merricat has devised an eccentric set of laws and defensive charms to keep the estate safe from intruding villagers. However, a stranger appears one day-cousin Charles, who is after the Blackwood fortune-and manages to infiltrate their carefully guarded lives. Merricat resorts to severe measures after failing to elude him through polite or occult means, resulting in crisis, tragedy, and the disclosure of a dreadful secret.
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Shirley Jackson had a gift for creating believable characters. This book also gives a good cast, but for me, the story was just average. I don't want to discourage anyone from reading this bood, but it just doesn't measure up to "The Haunting of Hill House".
