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This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

noelleamk's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

janagaton's review against another edition

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3.0

This was pretty confusing not gonna lie...lol but I was definitely invested once Brimley the dog entered the story! I kind of checked out by the end because it was so hard to follow, but I appreciated the second person POV, the grief horror, the psychological aspects, and the way the author gave modern common items different names (i.e. Alexa = Itza, Amazon = Sahara). There are heartbreaking moments about our main character dealing with the passing of his wife, but it took me too long to get into, and this might just not be my type of "weird" book.

humblebee20's review against another edition

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4.0

This book took a lot out of me. I came into expecting a fun horror romp with and evil Google home, and left with a complex exploration of grief. This story is dark, with both hard to stomach and hard to understand sections. If there's one thing I took away from it, it's that grief can be subtle or so, so loud. Explosive or creeping, but always unrelenting. Watching the main character try to figure out what to do with their life after their wife's death quickly becomes a story of being haunted by a past that he can't leave behind. This is mostly a story of grieving, but wrapped in a horror casing. Like many others have already pointed out, the ending gets a lot more difficult to follow but the book overall is impactful and dread inducing.

Huge, huge, huge trigger warning for animal death and mutilation. I love horror, but there were sections of this book that made me nauseous and uncomfortable with the depictions of an animal's death.

legrinnell's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

mrwesdunn's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

lividphoenix's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

abogges1's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ludacrystal414's review

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5.0

I need to sit on this one. Right now I’m giving it 5 stars. It was creepy and unsettling in places. In others, it was an honest look at grieving for a loved one. I’m not sure I quite understand the ending, but I don’t think it matters. The book accomplishes what it sets out to do.

ktswings's review against another edition

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5.0

4.7. Started very strong and I really had to pay attention towards the end because the audiobook did not designate chapters.

maraconover_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book is equally spooky and devastating. gus knows how to get you to feel just as hopeless and devastated as the main character. i felt like i was mourning vera too without even knowing her before her death! fantastically written, and had to keep a highlighter on me for some of the authors most profound lines portraying emotion.