27.06.18
When I picked this up in Waterstones, three separate booksellers swooped down to convince me of its brilliance. Well, as derivative Gothic horror goes, it's pretty accomplished at ratcheting up the inevitable doom. But the characters, like the sinister 'companions' of the title, are unlikable and two-dimensional, and so much is thrown at the plot that it becomes more creaky than creepy.
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