It has themes for high school and college aged readers and the language isn’t very challenging so it may appeal to those who like horror, but hate reading. I would recommend this book for younger readers, high school age, especially if their reading level is lower. Overall, I thought the book was pretty blah. Except for the middle chapter, the one with the pig mask, it gave a bit of hope to the story that added some interest. I think it fell flat because some chapters were very expected. The first chapter was creepy and set the expectation that the other chapters would be just as creepy, but it was not. They were so scary! The one about Fern Island or something like that gave me the creeps for two days after I finished reading.Īnyway, back to Slade House. What were they called… Shivers! That’s it. There was another set of books that I read too. I was one of those kids in the 90s who was into the Goosebumps craze. I like thrillers though, things that give me goosebumps and creep me out a bit. But I did hear about it on an episode of Get Booked (Episode 4: Haunted by Horror) and I think the theme for the episode was “Not-so-scary Horror.” I thought this was right up my alley since I’m not really a fan of gory, scary stuff. I can’t really remember since it has been in my “To Purchase” list for such a long time. “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.”
But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it’s already too late. 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. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. “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. Here is the summary from the back (goodreads):
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