lori85 's review for:

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough

3.5

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The first 75% was a pretty solid domestic thriller with a possible paranormal angle. But then this ridiculously fantastical element just comes out of nowhere. A room in the house literally resurrects the dead as Stepford People, really? It just doesn't work for what to that point been a very grounded real-world setting in which the "haunted house" aspect could plausibly be explained as the main character hallucinating. It's way too out there and just felt like an ass-pull.