3.5 
 So much better than the movie, in a ridiculous way. The first half is pretty dull, but once the mc starts seeing the ghosts, stays in the spooky old house and hears the creepy sounds it's actually really good and quite macabre. 
 I will admit a few passages gave me the willies, but since the dark scary stuff takes so long to get started I wasn't scared like I was when I read Amityville or the Shining. Though I wouldn't read this alone in a house, in the dark. 
 Short read, will give another novel by this author a chance now. Definitely recommend if you like Gothic ghost stories like me.