I feel like this book misses each mark it sets out. As a scary story it doesn't really seem scare, just melodrama and poor communication created issues out of nothing. Never once was I scared. As a mystery... well it's not a mystery. Figured out many plot points before they happened because the author flat out tells you who's a bad person and who's not. The only people who dont know are the people themselves. And worst IMO is Chekov's gun. I mean that as literally as I can. It a shotgun above the fireplace. It goes off And if you think me telling you that it's Chekov's gun is a spoiler, it's not because the people in the book call it Checkov's gun. That exact term. It's not clever, it just highlights that the characters in this story are the only ones who are somehow blind enough to not see what's going on.