I am starting to enjoy the genre of gothic novels. I wish I hadn't read my first, 'Wuthering heights' as early as I did. I didn't really enjoy it at the time, being more inclined towards cheery, happy novels. Now I feel that gothic novels are a bit like entire movies shot in the dark and I'm taking my time to start appreciating them.

Its best to pick up a book without being bothered what category it belongs to,I simply picked up Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier because I like the mystery description at the back.It was very enjoyable and I did not know this was a gothic novel until much later.

I have just finished Nathaniel Hawthorne's,'House of the Seven Gables'. The writer seemed so involved in everyone of the characters in the book. I must admit that in the beginning I grew a bit tired of his much too detailed descriptions of the habits of his characters. I wanted the story to get started! When it did start,it was very engrossing. I felt rewarded for my patience when I reached the chapter where we are told the story of the eerie and twisted way a man seeks revenge on the family which was his enemy since the time of his grandfather by binding the girl of the house to him through some spooky magic.

I think I am going to read more dark,creepy novels!