First published in 1962 by Viking Books
Visitors call seldom at Blackwood House. Taking tea at the scene of a multiple poisoning, with a suspected murderess as one's host, is a perilous business.
Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.
I loved The Lottery and The Haunting of Hill House, so I was eager to try We Have Always lived in the Castle when it came up on my library's site on audio. I am sad to say that I was pretty disappointed. I guess I was expecting something a lot more creepy. Instead, the book was pretty boring. By the time I got halfway through, I didn't care what happened to Merricat, Constance, or Uncle Julian. The "reveal" at the end was pretty easy to figure out. There are enough hints in the book that it isn't a real big surprise. I know that others seemed to love this one, but it just didn't do it for me.
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