We Used to Live Here: A Novel
Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit--soon to be a Netflix original movie starring Blake Lively--about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house's previous residents unexpectedly visit.
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Readers say *We Used to Live Here* is an eerie, atmospheric psychological horror novel praised for its creeping dread, tense atmosphere, and unsettlin...
I find myself wondering what I would do in each situation. Would my choices change outcomes? I would have given a 10, but the ending felt incomplete
This was a good book but it was a slow burner and to be honest it'll probably upset you lol. Not that it wasn't good, the people that "used to live there" will definitely get under your skin! 😤
Wow where do I start? 🤯📚
Besides mentioning how much I loved this strange and cryptic story, I want to say that this isn't a linear story. There is a lot going on, you get a story within a story and count on it to grow exponentially.
It's not the right one if you're looking to binge a quick one.
It's one to enjoy, interpret and decipher.
This journey begins with vague nostalgia and a revisit into the past.
We all (characters and readers) get to question the things that have always been in front of us.
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Once you've read the novel it's up to you to decide if it was a:
Ghost story □
Haunted house □
An insanity defense case □
A story on different realities □
A parallel universe □
Another dimension □
A family bloodbath □
An evil spirit □
Twisted reality □
A story on a patient locked in the Greenwood Asylum □
Or Satan hitting the 'reset' button in the middle of someone else's life □
For me, it was all of the above and as it continues to linger on inside my head, it spirals into more and more, transcending into its own living thing.
Enjoy, I'm sad the book came to an end.
WOAH. This book was deeply unsettling. It was not at all what I was expecting. This was definitely more horror than thriller if you ask me, with some sci fi/paranormal elements. I quite literally could not put this book down. I tore through it and now I’m left wanting more. After that ending… WE NEED A BOOK 2! I feel so disturbed by how it ended & I really want a resolution. Took off one star because I felt like the book was a mix up of a few different things? And maybe that was intentional but I felt like the plot was just a little bit disorganized. Overall though, it was extremely well written and entertaining!
This book has left me speechless. I loved the story, the author's writing style, the between chapter bits, the puzzles. I recently learned about liminal space and it scares the crap out of me, so this book being liminal space adjacent is amazing. My only complaint is I wish the ending was a little more developed/longer, but otherwise this book is incredible.
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