Ooh I used to love the Redwall series and had sort of forgotten about it! My favourite is Marlfox, probably because it was the first one I read :) My actual answer would probably be something kinda unoriginal like Rebecca or Wolf Hall, both of which I've read several times already!

I've found Goodreads works pretty okay for me - the recommendations are often poor but as someone with limited physical shelf-space (and frankly a poor memory for books I've read more than a couple of months ago) being able to leave a review just to remind myself what I liked or didn't is really helpful. Plus I find the 'want-to-read' list incredibly helpful, I have over 100 books on the list and would totally forget books I'm recommended otherwise! I do get what you mean though about page counting, personally I've always been a bit of a page counter Goodreads or not, but it doesn't affect which books I choose or how fast I read them so it doesn't bother me. It's more of a 'wow, I'm really enjoying this book!" if I notice I'm reading a book faster or more frequently

Oh yeah, absolutely - why were they invited, why did they go, and why wasn't anyone else there who the couple might actually like and be friends with? Just a bizarre set-up, the actual horror events had absolutely no impact on their dynamics so what was the point? My least favourite read this year

I totally agree! With annoying/unlikable characters this is usually not too much of an issue for me because good characters don't have to be good people. That said, they don't develop in the course of the story or generate any sympathy and there seems to be no reason for them to hang out at all so it is quite annoying that most of the book is about them and the horror ends up as the sideshow rather than the main event. Like you though, the main issue I had with the book is with the writing - it's so stilted because the author has obviously tried to use it as an opportunity to show off her vocabulary instead of drive the plot and half of the metaphors just make no sense