ivyinthepages 's review for:

We Can Never Leave This Place by Eric LaRocca

4.0

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Rating: 4.31 leaves out of 5
Characters: 4.5/5
Cover: 5/5
Story: 3.25/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Type: Book
Worth?: Yes


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I saw LaRocca's work on Tiktok from @baker.reads while I was making my list for spooky season and decided to place him on my list.

The first thing I will say is it reads like an A24 film. It is the type of story that really shouldn't be taken for face value. While I was reading it a lot of the time I was like... WTF, but when it really sank in I was like... oh... oh wow. There were times that didn't make sense to me and I guess you could sum it up with you screaming at the screen because the character is dumb and making dumb mistakes. Either way it is a short read and well worth it.

If you don't want to actually think about the book you just read I suggest you move on from here and find something... different.

Now for the spoiler filled review.

At first when I was reading it the

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bugs and reptiles really threw me off. I thought maybe she just is hallucinating. Then as I went through more of the book I realized they were a freaking gang of cannibals.

I felt so bad for Mara. Her mother is trash... complete trash. Hated her every second in the book and I felt bad

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the newborn boy...

Also... when Mara

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finds that picture of her mother and a picture of her dad and she hadn't realized it was him... and that her mom was also her grandmother...