Slade House by David Mitchell

"Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you’ll find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first, you won’t want to leave. Later, you’ll find that you can’t. Every nine years, the house’s residents — an odd brother and sister — extend a unique invitation to someone who’s different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it’s already too late...

Spanning five decades, from the last days of the 1970s to the present, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion, this intricately woven novel will pull you into a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story—as only David Mitchell could imagine it." (Goodreads.com)

Typically I am not a fan of books that lean towards the creepier side but this one surprised me. I really enjoyed how the mystery developed through the decades with the characters even in such a short amount of time (this is not a long book). What was funny though is I read this book like I would watch a horror movie, mentally yelling at the characters about how they don't realize the mistakes they are bound to make. Overall a great paranormal just make sure you don't read it late at night.

Kelsey Fitzgerald
Library Assistant

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