Absolutely both gross and engrossing, it was a page turner I couldn’t put down. There is not much depth here and it felt like brat summer meets American psycho meets Victorian England.  It kind of read like a book that was solely written to be a movie? Which means it would probably make for a good film but makes for a weird reading experience. 

It was pretty brutal, especially with the amount of babies and children being murdered, so this is a horror that does its work in shock and gore which is likely not everyone’s thing. The atmosphere was dark and unsettling, I enjoy books with conversations (and dinners) that just feels off and dreamy (in a nightmare way) and this hit that mark just right. I felt satisfied by the ending and thought it was well written, but wished I liked it a bit more.