This book felt like an unfinished manuscript. Just when I thought the story was finally taking off, the book ended abruptly.

The atmosphere of the book is its only redeeming quality. It is eerie, and the characters have an overwhelming sense of the unknown. For this reason, it makes sense that the book is being adapted into a film. I believe this aspect will translate really well into visual media.

However, the excessively long explanations (what is with that shopping list?) and the lack of explanation or resolution just left me hanging. I found myself feeling very frustrated when I reached the book's "conclusion."

I'm thankful that instead of purchasing this book from Book of the Month that I listened to a free version of the audiobook on Libby.