this definitely could’ve benefited from less sexual content and the general vibe of misogyny was a bit iffy, plus the casual lesbophobia but when you’re reading this in 2024 as something that was written in the early 70s you definitely have to expect these sorts of themes and executions

the book itself for the most part was extremely tense and the hauntings were really well written, the ending threw me a bit and made the horror of the house feel a little silly when you knew the real story, but overall this was extremely fun to read and a really good one for spooky season

i didn’t have any real connection to the characters and i feel like the women in this were treated incredibly poorly by the author, however it did work in the context of the house and the owner’s depravity and over sexual nature so swings and roundabouts with this one i guess! 

remember to keep in mind that this is not a modern novel when reading, and that a lot of the content is included probably for shock factor as well as being a product of the time period