The Whispering House

Maybe gothic suspense isn't for me? It seems rather formulaic and I don't like the formula.
Woman who doesn't have a direction in life investigates the event from her childhood that cursed her to a directionless existence. As a part of the investigation, she is in some creepy old house. She starts a relationship with a questionable guy and eventually discovers that the unexpected person is actually the bad guy. The parts that I really don't like are the directionless girl because she doesn't seem to have a spine and then I can't really like any of the characters. So I don't care that the unexpected person is actually the bad guy because I don't really like any of them.
So this book isn't for me, but I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who like this formula.