My three-word review? 
 Sad, not spooky. 
 For a ghost story, this book is distinctly lacking in any thrills, chills, or suspense. This story of a living family and the two ghosts who come together in one house after the death of the family patriarch is full of secrets and sorrows. Each person -- and ghost -- has a sad life to examine and hidden truths to be revealed. 
 It all felt a bit flat to me. Interesting, yes, but I didn't feel any sense of connection to the characters, and thus the moments that should have had an emotional impact just didn't. 
 Rooms is well-written and I wasn't ever bored, but I wasn't engaged either. It was fine, but not especially noteworthy.