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This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

16 reviews

opossumble's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Cursing, Medical content, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Deportation, Drug use, and Terminal illness

birthisacurse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Grief, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, and Cancer

Minor: Alcohol

astronut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Cancer

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I still don't really understand the ending of this book and found no explanations online, I think everyone is a bit confused. That aside, this was a gorgeously written horror book which combined the real-life horror of grief with supernatural horrors, and did so quite successfully. I loved the explorations of grief, loneliness, as well as the exploitation of certain deaths by media and political figures for their own gain. Thiago was a very interesting character to follow and boy does he go through IT. I thought the book was quite creepy and spooky but I would've liked more of an explanation at the end, plus I didn't love that we didn't have any chapters, only 4 main parts. Overall though, a very solid horror read and I'll definitely be picking up more from this author as well as this genre as I'm very new to horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, and Xenophobia

mondovertigo's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Gun violence

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I’m really mixed after reading this. Did I enjoy it? Yes absolutely, but would I ever read it again? No! This is one of those novels where the narrator isn’t always trustworthy and you never really get a solid answer at the end, so go in knowing that there really isn’t much closure here.

This Thing Between Us is a slow burn horror novel told from the perspective of Thiago to his recently deceased wife Vera. After moving into a new condo strange things start to happen, eventually leading to a series of events that results in a freak accident involving Vera, Thiago’s wife. Vera eventually dies from complications of the accident and Thiago is left alone with a large sum of money and an evil entity that won’t seem to leave him or his loved ones alone. 

This novel is hard to read, it’s an excellent in depth look at grief and what is left behind when a loved one passes and it’s heart wrenching. Even before getting to the crazy horror that occurs in this novel, just reading about Thiago’s devastation is hard! It reminds me of Tender is the Flesh, due to its stark bleakness.  

Along with this grief stricken outlook, the novel is also VERY gruesome. Once Thiago leaves for Colorado the paranormal side of the book picks up and barrels ahead. Also a huge warning for animal death, there is a several scenes with a dog that were very violent and I would suggest keeping this in mind as well. I skipped ahead on my audiobook it was that gruesome. 

Overall if you’re looking for something different, especially a horror novel that will stick with you and unsettle you, I’d suggest This Thing Between Us. It’s a short read and it leaves you thinking about a lot. Maybe too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Vomit