Reading this felt like pulling teeth. This is a Book With a Message, and by god is it gonna make sure you understand that. I found Caroline's sections extremely boring, since she's a sort of beleaguered, put-upon woman character that's been done before (and done far better). Unfortunately, her parts take up a good two-thirds of the book. I did find Lila a far more interesting narrator, and I genuinely feel like the narrative could've been much tighter and more engaging if Caroline's stuff was cut/incorporated into Lila's POV. The atmosphere is more creepy than outright scary. But, even the scares are repetitive—and nothing of actual substance happens until well into the final third of the book. I don't think this piece is poorly written, per se, but it definitely focused on the Message to the extreme detriment of most everything else.