We Used to Live Here
Books | Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
3.8
(172)
Marcus Kliewer
From an author “destined to become a titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), a haunting debut—soon to be a Netflix original movie—about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit.As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in. As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family’s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can’t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family—or is Eve just imagining things? This unputdownable and spine-tingling novel “is like quicksand: the further you delve into its pages, the more immobilized you become by a spiral of terror. We Used to Live Here will haunt you even after you have finished it” (Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender Is the Flesh).
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Author
Marcus Kliewer
Pages
320
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2024-06-18
ISBN
198219880X 9781982198800
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"This was such a fun book to read! It was so involved in the first image, Morse code, deciphering the docs. Even tho the ending doesn't feel finished, still a good book. I hope we get a real conclusion either through the movie or another book."
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"This book got so much hype on #booktok and yet I was bored. I was waiting for the good stuff to happen and it wasn’t trol the end. But the ending was not so great. I’m pretty sure I’m going to forget what this book was about. And if you ask me in a couple of days what it was about I’m gonna say 🤷🏼♀️ I was was just bored"