This is a gothic horror novel, actually a story within a story, about a young governess who is hired to care for two children. The governess encounters two ghosts about the estate and associates the ghosts with each of the children. There are some creepy moments, but I wouldn't call this book "scary" per se. I found the conclusion to be anti-climactic and wondering huh? There were parts of this story that were pretty wordy and went on endlessly, but the ending just left me wanting more and leaving me hanging. I had to read the SparkNotes to make sure that I had read the ending correctly.
The "Turn of the Screw" is a classic that has been touted for centeries as a very chilling and scary story---WHY? Don't ask me, becuase I found it very slow and honestly hard to read, and scary! WHERE?! I've seen scarier true crime then this work of fiction so why it is still a "classic" and a measureing stick by which other horror novels are STILL being measured is way beyond me. I found both very dull, slow and period-dated without much horror or even spooky.
Pub. 1968. Written in late 1800s.
