Book Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

I am trying to figure out what to do with this book. I loved the main character, Merricat, who narrated the story. I loved the setting and the prose. But the actual horror was too much for me. Let me explain.

The story is about Merricat, Constance, and Uncle Julian Blackwood, who live in an enormous manor in a village where they are not welcomed. Little by little, the reader is let into the story of why they are ostracized and why there is this peculiar aura around their home. Merricat tries ...