A review by thebalancedbookshelf
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

 
This book is a wild ride. I’m unsure how I feel about this one as whole. I read the entire book in about 6 hours because I felt like I needed to get to the end to see what was actually happening.  

 Up until 40% I was just frustrated and anxious while reading this. It felt like a bad horror movie where the main character was just making all the wrong choices. After half way it starts to pick up and you really have no idea what is going on. I had so many theories and they kept changing or evolving. I actually like that aspect of this book where you don’t really know what’s going on. The intersection of articles felt weird at first but then at the end they all start to make sense. 

While I feel we don’t get a definite answer, I’m assuming mimics, I like that the house, town and the family was a sort of loop that seems to keep happening. The house itself and surrounding area is like a labyrinth that keeps changing. I feel like on top of mimics there are a few other paranormal factors at play that I wish we could have gotten a more definitive answer on but I’m also happy with the ambiguity.

This is a book that will have you feeling a lot of emotions. While I wasn’t necessarily scared like I saw a lot of people say they were I was definitely anxious. This is one of those books that would make a great movie and sticks with you for a while.