I had an on-boarding issue with this book, I just didn't connect to the character. The writing is good, the story is good, very Shirley Jackson who I love. And a nice svelte 98 pages. Definitely worth a try for other people. But there is just something in the first third which didn't work for me and left me outside the glass for the other two thirds. I can respect this story but I just didn't get the emotional response to it.