I picked this up yesterday for I had time to kill. A gothic victorian novella that centers around a governess in a manor with haunted kids? Sounds just like something I'd enjoy. 

I'm aware of this book being the inspiration of The Haunting of Bly Manor, a show I wasn't a fan of, but I was very curious to read the original book. I was half glad, half disappointed that I read the book after watching the show. I'm glad it was easier to picture them, but I was disappointed because I couldn't help but feel like I knew what was going to happen. So sometimes I felt a little bored because it was like watching the show again. But I didn't have to worry about that because it ended up being different from the show.

This story wasn't as great as I expected, and the creepiness felt flat; I wasn't scared at all. But the language was easy to read and I liked the way it was written. It was a breeze to read this book.

However, the ending was incredibly abrupt that when I got to the end, I literally said "HUH?" out loud. I had to look up the Sparknotes to make sure I read it right. It was certainly unpredictable to me.

One of the possible analysis said that she was losing her mind and she accidentally smothered Miles which led to his demise. For this, I do think it was a creepier ending, making it better than I initially thought of.