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This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
'𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦.'
Thiago loses his wife Vera, and the world is swept from under him. In the run up to her death, their at home smart speaker 'Itza' had been acting awfully strange.
This Thing Between Us is my first five star read of the year and the best horror book I've read in bloody ages, emphasis on the bloody. Never in my life have I been so simultaneously sad and scared whilst reading a book.
Moreno captured both grief and fear so perfectly in this narrative. The fact that this is a debut novel has blown my tiny mind. The story is written as if the main character is telling his late wife what has happened, which just added a whole other layer to the story.
I loved this book. It was wild and sad and gross and so so scary. I never get scared, but I'm not ashamed to say that in the few nights I read this, when it was time for bed, I ran out of the room when I switched the lights off. I was so afraid 💁🏻♀️
If you think you can handle this book, get it immediately. This Thing Between Us is certainly a book that'll claw into your brain and stay with you.
Thiago loses his wife Vera, and the world is swept from under him. In the run up to her death, their at home smart speaker 'Itza' had been acting awfully strange.
This Thing Between Us is my first five star read of the year and the best horror book I've read in bloody ages, emphasis on the bloody. Never in my life have I been so simultaneously sad and scared whilst reading a book.
Moreno captured both grief and fear so perfectly in this narrative. The fact that this is a debut novel has blown my tiny mind. The story is written as if the main character is telling his late wife what has happened, which just added a whole other layer to the story.
I loved this book. It was wild and sad and gross and so so scary. I never get scared, but I'm not ashamed to say that in the few nights I read this, when it was time for bed, I ran out of the room when I switched the lights off. I was so afraid 💁🏻♀️
If you think you can handle this book, get it immediately. This Thing Between Us is certainly a book that'll claw into your brain and stay with you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail