I persevered through the first half, thanks to another reviewer who said to stick with it. It gets significantly more interesting after the halfway point.

Still though, I found myself very distracted by wondering if the haunted parts of the house were supposed to be fantastical or imaginary.... then I saw that the publisher is Tor and that answered the question for me, ha (the book does make it more explicit towards the end).

Speaking of the end, I really did not expect a haunted house novel to take the direction that this did! I was pleasantly surprised. Overall a good spooky season read.