This House Is Haunted

Challenge: Read a book set in a different country

This was my creepy/scary read for October and it was quite creepy at first.

I think it is very atmospheric and one could not help but feeling a bit creeped out by the setting and the surroundings. That could be said for the beginning of the story. After a few chapters, the same structure and the same events would repeat over and over, losing the effect it had created. The story was very predictable but the writing made it quite interesting.

I had a lot of problems with the characters and the way they were portrayed. The author made the same negative comments as regards Eliza's appearance every paragraph or so, which I found both annoying and repetitive.

I also could not buy Eliza's motivation for wanting to protect the children at any cost. I understand that they were little and alone but her appreciation for them began THE MOMENT she saw them. This could very well be the equivalent of instalove in chick lit novels.

This book looked as if it was going to be a great spooky, sort of thriller novel, only to fall quite short as the story progressed.