To all those people saying how incredibly frightening this book is: You must get scared VERY easily. I was only bored. Nothing happened in this book for so long. At one point some guy with glasses and lots of pimples tells a l-o-n-g story that FINALLY reveals a dead man being brought back to life. And what scary stuff does this dead man do? Nothing. He just walks away. End of chapter.I am totally mystified what anyone would find frightening or unsettling about this book. This is the Blair Witch Project of the literary world--lots of great reviews and then it turns out to be nothing. Go read The Exorcist or The Shining if you want something spooky. Those of you thought THIS book was, try Little Red Riding Hood next--it has a very frightening wolf in it.