Though I'm loath to properly mark my feeling on books with stars - that always seem to say so much and at the same time, so ridiculously little when my feelings over anything I've read can sometimes not even be boiled down to English words - I'd probably give this a 3 1/2 stars if I could. 
 It started out quite well. The horror and macabre aspect of it did have me shuddering. And yet, I don't think it ended the way I wanted it to.