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).
Beerheim
2024-10-27
En kort story som dragits ut till 8 timmar. Tur att författaren är duktig på att smida ord, men tyvärr stampar historien mest på samma ställe. Huvudpersonen är tyvärr mest irriterande och inga karaktärer går att relatera eller fästa sig vid. Boken är inte ett dugg läskig, den var lite förtryckande i början, men sedan så som huvudpersonen blir det en tafatt neurotisk sörja.
2025
2024-08-22
Var onödigt lång. Förutsägbart slut. Första halvan hade bra pacing och var riktigt intressant. Sen blev det för mycket utfyllnadsfluff. Läste att boken var en novell från början - det formatet passar antagligen den här historian betydligt bättre.
Veronika
2024-08-18
Well, I’d like to say that I’m in the wrong here, since I had so incredibly high expectations going in to this book, all because of BookTok. I heard, from MULTIPLE sources, that this was the scariest book they’ve ever read, that it was the greatest book ever, that you can’t read it at night since it’s so scary, bla bla bla. Well, it’s honestly bullshit. It was eerie, it was a bit weird from time to time, but that’s it. The characters were boring and annoying (I didn’t even like the dog and I have two of them), most of it was very cliché, and the ending was just messy and all over the place- no, when I’m thinking about it the whole god damn book was a mess. BUT, with that said, I’m sure this book will work great for others, and I’m sure that this story was amazing to follow on Reddit at the time. Try it for yourself.
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