For once, we were pretty unanimous in our feelings about this book. Several of us were unable to finish it. The rest of us were disappointed that it wasn't as scary as we were led to believe it was. I had forgotten how it ended, having read three books after that one. Some of the imagery was rather murky: What was the point of that _____? Why did they do ______? Don't believe the cover blurbs and perhaps you won't be disappointed.