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A review by meaghancook
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
No notes. Other than - whatthefuck.
Okay I slept on it. I loved the pacing on this one. The alternating chapters, and especially the Morse code messages, really built the suspense up for me so well. The way each member of the family has the perfect level of creepy about them. The way right from the jump you feel like you’re losing your mind right along with the main character.
When I first started reading, I was thrown off by how the story just started, with no intro to our main character. But by the end, it made perfect sense why the author did it this way.
The ending is perfect. You’re left questioning everything, what’s real and what’s imagined, the same way the main character is.
I would read 100 books by this author.
Okay I slept on it. I loved the pacing on this one. The alternating chapters, and especially the Morse code messages, really built the suspense up for me so well. The way each member of the family has the perfect level of creepy about them. The way right from the jump you feel like you’re losing your mind right along with the main character.
When I first started reading, I was thrown off by how the story just started, with no intro to our main character. But by the end, it made perfect sense why the author did it this way.
The ending is perfect. You’re left questioning everything, what’s real and what’s imagined, the same way the main character is.
I would read 100 books by this author.