[muffled groaning] this book was so amazing and then the end was absolutely a w f u l. W H Y ???? 
 ok i'm still giving this book 4 stars because like i said, the entire journey was amazing. my best description would be We Have Always Lived in the Castle meets House of Leaves. it was definitely creepy and i loved the whole disjointed feel of the entire thing and the formatting and all the short chapters. it was really good at setting the mood and making it so you can't stop reading it. but then we have the end ... 
 (view spoiler)[SHE'S BEEN DEAD THE ENTIRE TIME AND THE HOUSE IS HER PURGATORY! [literally over here pulling my hair out] W H Y do authors / scriptwriters do this? it's never a satisfying ending, it's literally the worst ending i can think of. it's even worse than ~they were in an insane asylum the whoooole tiiiime~ it's lazy and overdone and so unfulfilling i'm so disappointed over here. (hide spoiler)] 
 i was going to go right on to this author's other book but now i'm not so sure.