Why is this getting downvoted? It IS a children's book. Doesn't mean all age ranges can't enjoy it but it was written specifically for children the author knew.

Not once have stories about hobbits benefitted me professionally. Although saying salutations to my coworkers in an ode to Charlotte's Web has gained me some eyebrow raises.

What really frustrated me was the idea it showed Eleanor's descent into madness. The reader never spends enough time with her outside and before Hill House to develop a baseline for her sanity. In all of the scenes of her nominally before the House, we see her acting somewhat erratic and childishly. That made it difficult for me to follow and believe the house was affecting her. That's just my two scents.