Since you read more horror, you might not react in the same way? I think I was supposed to end up sympathizing with the main librarian character in a way that just didn't happen because of everything else that went on.
I think I liked it a bit more than you...but I can't remember why. I only remember the bad...
"I’m not even sure the story makes sense when you start to think it through. I mean, I don’t actually see why all the cruelty was supposedly necessary given the ending."
"I’m not even sure the story makes sense when you start to think it through. I mean, I don’t actually see why all the cruelty was supposedly necessary given the ending."
YES. Absolutely!