Reviews

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

lindseyannd's review against another edition

3.0

Sort of lost me in Part 4. 3.5 stars

wynplus1's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

I'm really sad to rate this book so low because I genuinely enjoyed the first 75% of it! It was going to be a very solid 4, but the last 25% just... really ruined it for me. 
I love the novel's tone, i love the style in which it's written. Thiago is a really sympathetic character and I found myself rooting for him early on. I like the novel's exploration of grief and the "weird" horror vibes. It felt like watching a really tense horror movie, something artsy and "elevated". 
It really started to lose me

after Diane's death

and it never won me back. It feels like the novel should've ended a lot sooner, and the ending was just... disappointing. Bleak, but not even in a way that feels deserving. It just feels like it ends with no real resolution, and it really soured the overall enjoyment I was feeling previously. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

miss_majuu's review against another edition

5.0

My mind is still trying to catch up to the ending! Holy shit!!

Disregarding how this book ends and how much horrifying stuff happens I can see myself rereading it often for its beautiful and melancholy narration. It somehow, despite all the horror elements, is a cozy and thoughtful book?
I love all the conversations and how they are written.
This will be on my mind for a very long time.

kwsydney's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

⭐️: 3/5

• The first 10% really just feels like a story about love and loss. However, the mention of “cold spot“ at 11% makes me wonder what actually killed her…
• Ok so overall, this book was a little bit of a let down. The storyline of “the Amazon Alexa killed her” made me unable to take the rest of the book seriously 
• Definitely some scary parts at the end, like the thing chasing his car as he drives to Colorado

claudsoncloud9's review

challenging dark slow-paced

3.0

f4rtf4cec8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad

3.75

icanreadish's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

5.0

A desolate horror full of grief and loneliness. I cried, but I enjoyed reading this so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

dumb_library's review against another edition

4.0

3.5-4*?? I don’t even know how to rate this because I have no idea if I actually understood what was happening or not. All I know is that I had a good time reading and it was super creepy for what it was. This is definitely one I’d love to reread and dissect.

jackalopecore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

loureadz's review against another edition

3.0

i cant really decide how to rate this, so im going to stick with 3 stars. the book was very good and i enjoyed it very much. it even made me scared irl. but the ending was lackluster. i wanted something to happen that just, didnt... overall good tho