I chose this book as a means to relax after the incredibly busy and exhausting days I've recently experienced. Sadly, I could not concentrate on the excellent book I'm currently reading, so in the meanwhile, I opted for something short yet emotionally stimulating: a ghost story.

The book revolves around a group of strangers who decide to spend the whole summer doing research on a haunted house. Each of them has one thing in common: they all caused paranormal activities in their lives. Despite warnings from others to stay away, they courageously venture into the Hill House, only to find themselves involved in a series of unexplainable bizarre occurrences.

Sounds intriguing, doesn't it? This is sadly one of those examples where the synopsis is better than the book itself. In the first half of the book, literally nothing is happening. The second half of the book feels like notes of a person going insane.

Throughout the story, nothing is explained, starting from the characters' supernatural abilities, ending with the events that unfolded in the Hill House. At the end of the book, I questioned myself: what was the purpose of it all?