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We Used to Live Here
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Went back and forth on 3 or 4 stars and decided to go with 4! It’s been awhile since I’ve read anything that actually scared me and this book does it well!!! Several times in fact! Definitely has the creepy, watch your back, don’t know what’s around the corner vibe down!!
So Eve allows the family to come in and look around the home she has just purchased since it was the father’s Thomas childhood home. Then things start to get weird and weirder.
Thoughts on why I’d choose 3 stars—-I’ve got questions!! So many things left undone!! So frustrating!! Don’t mention it if you aren’t going to explain some or resolve!! Like the old man at the cabin? Alison? Why did the house number change? The deal with circle symbol? The weird neighbor and not knowing both kids from long ago? Thomas’s screaming/hitting event? Were they all evil spirits or?
So many loose threads!!! Definitely left me disappointed in the ending. Had questions been answered could have been 5 stars for me.
Thanks to netgalley and Atria books for my electronic advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own. #netgalley #atriabooks #weusedtolivehere
So Eve allows the family to come in and look around the home she has just purchased since it was the father’s Thomas childhood home. Then things start to get weird and weirder.
Thoughts on why I’d choose 3 stars—-I’ve got questions!! So many things left undone!! So frustrating!! Don’t mention it if you aren’t going to explain some or resolve!! Like the old man at the cabin? Alison? Why did the house number change? The deal with circle symbol? The weird neighbor and not knowing both kids from long ago? Thomas’s screaming/hitting event? Were they all evil spirits or?
So many loose threads!!! Definitely left me disappointed in the ending. Had questions been answered could have been 5 stars for me.
Thanks to netgalley and Atria books for my electronic advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own. #netgalley #atriabooks #weusedtolivehere
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Great review, Kara! I hate messy endings, which is what this one sounds like. Kind of disappointed too because I recently added it to my to-read list because it sounds like the perfect scary story.
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The biggest thing for me, that made me wanna throw the book, was Elijah Faust’s obituary. It mentioned one child, Allison. Not Thomas. And how was Eve/Emma related to either Alison or Thomas?