Three and a half stars, rounding up to four. I'm in two minds about this one. To be honest, I bounced off it emotionally, and didn't manage to connect to a single character. On the other hand, the structure of this story is so interesting - it's told from multiple perspectives, including that of the house itself, and these perspectives ebb and flow until sometimes, after the point-of-view shifts, it can initially be difficult to tell who, exactly, is speaking. I don't want to spoil too much, but that blurring is kind of the point, so I was reading this with a kind of distanced and impressed fascination, because the sheer level of technique on display here is really impressive. It's one of those books that I admire rather than love, but the admiration goes very, very deep.