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A review by pagesplotsandpints
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
3.75
Read Completed 6/26/24 | 3.75 stars, rounded up for ✨ vibes ✨
This book was one wild ride, and while I couldn't put it down, I also felt like it was incredibly disjointed. I'm sure that's the whole point because Eve's world is constantly being broken down, but it made me feel like I wasn't connected at all to what was going on. This left me with a weird mess of emotions where this book will probably stick with me and yet I really didn't like the writing style at all.
The vibe was AHS Murder House meets I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS meets RABBITS and the whole concept was incredible, really. I was so sucked in and couldn't wait to see what happened next. I love when books poke at Mandela effects and mess with realities, and this was the horror version of it instead of a sci-fi version. The whole book was one trippy ride, like I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, but again, the horror version of it. (And obviously the ending is not the same.) I also really liked the in-between sections where the book chronicles online forums, police tapes and reports, and other happenings where things like this and the old house were recorded to bring more perspective to all of this as well. That really added something!
That being said, I found it incredibly hard to follow. Or, I shouldn't say that. It wasn't hard to follow, but it was hard to connect with. Again, I know it's kind of supposed to be that way but ALL of the book was so choppy and disjointed. There are some really cool things introduced that don't really go anywhere. We don't really get any answers as to what's going on, but maybe that just leaves you with a memorable concept that will haunt you for the rest of your life.
I'm not sure if I would to round up or round down yet, but I may come back and round this up to 4 stars because this is probably going to haunt me forever... I'm still really disappointed that I didn't like the intentionally confusing writing, though. If it was a little bit tighter and had JUST a touch more flow to it, this would have easily been 4 stars or more.
This is also supposed to be a Netflix show coming soon, and that is going to be AWESOME. I can see this being wildly creepy and incredibly mind-bending, so I can't wait for that, really.
AUDIOBOOK THOUGHTS: I really enjoyed the audiobook narration! I thought both of the audiobook narrators did a very good job and I was definitely entertained by their performance. There's a little musical/noise effect at the end of every in between portion that was fairly annoying, but that's a very small complaint.
This book was one wild ride, and while I couldn't put it down, I also felt like it was incredibly disjointed. I'm sure that's the whole point because Eve's world is constantly being broken down, but it made me feel like I wasn't connected at all to what was going on. This left me with a weird mess of emotions where this book will probably stick with me and yet I really didn't like the writing style at all.
The vibe was AHS Murder House meets I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS meets RABBITS and the whole concept was incredible, really. I was so sucked in and couldn't wait to see what happened next. I love when books poke at Mandela effects and mess with realities, and this was the horror version of it instead of a sci-fi version. The whole book was one trippy ride, like I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, but again, the horror version of it. (And obviously the ending is not the same.) I also really liked the in-between sections where the book chronicles online forums, police tapes and reports, and other happenings where things like this and the old house were recorded to bring more perspective to all of this as well. That really added something!
That being said, I found it incredibly hard to follow. Or, I shouldn't say that. It wasn't hard to follow, but it was hard to connect with. Again, I know it's kind of supposed to be that way but ALL of the book was so choppy and disjointed. There are some really cool things introduced that don't really go anywhere. We don't really get any answers as to what's going on, but maybe that just leaves you with a memorable concept that will haunt you for the rest of your life.
I'm not sure if I would to round up or round down yet, but I may come back and round this up to 4 stars because this is probably going to haunt me forever... I'm still really disappointed that I didn't like the intentionally confusing writing, though. If it was a little bit tighter and had JUST a touch more flow to it, this would have easily been 4 stars or more.
This is also supposed to be a Netflix show coming soon, and that is going to be AWESOME. I can see this being wildly creepy and incredibly mind-bending, so I can't wait for that, really.
AUDIOBOOK THOUGHTS: I really enjoyed the audiobook narration! I thought both of the audiobook narrators did a very good job and I was definitely entertained by their performance. There's a little musical/noise effect at the end of every in between portion that was fairly annoying, but that's a very small complaint.