We Used to Live Here

A Novel

De: Marcus Kliewer

Narrado por: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Corey Brill

From an author “destined to become a titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), a haunting debut—soon to be a Netflix original movie—about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit.

As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in.

As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family’s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can’t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family—or is Eve just imagining things?

This unputdownable and spine-tingling novel “is like quicksand: the further you delve into its pages, the more immobilized you become by a spiral of terror. We Used to Live Here will haunt you even after you have finished it” (Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender Is the Flesh).

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Parker is the versatile primary narrator, effortlessly distinguishing the sizable cast of inhabitants at a remote Pacific Northwest haunted house—present, past, returned. Brill efficiently, skillfully interrupts Parker’s reveals with message board-esque outside voices that discuss, report, and analyze what might have really happened on Heritage Lane...With thrillingly ominous pacing, Parker expertly commands Eve’s growing desperation, Charlie’s exhausted impatience, Thomas’ cloying earnestness, and youngest Jenny’s sly precocity. The horror multiplies, electrifyingly balanced between Parker’s drama and Brill’s control." (Terry Hong)

Great Start!

Really really great start . . Couldn’t stop listening . . . Then just meh . . And had to force myself to finish.

Reads like a screenplay not a book

Very creepy, but almost like the author was trying to write something Netflix would pick up. Lacked character development and other rich details that differentiate novels from TV

Literally - what just happened?

I have no idea what just happened, but that was the creepiest book I’ve read in a long time! Loved the psych aspect of it for sure. Maybe could’ve used a little more tying up of the loose ends but that’s part of it I guess! The narrator was a little breathy in my opinion at times. Also I don’t know what that weird digital noise was…Some cussing, a little bit of gore but that makes it horror. Yes, we need more from this author!

Great storytelling and storyline!

So many ways to keep the reader off-guard with a spectacular ending! Great character development and kept me guessing!

Enjoyed the reading at least

The book started out good and then got interesting and then got slow and old. A lot of things I feel were just thrown in for a quick thrill while others were nonsensical for the story. I will say the author was good with descriptors. But maybe I just over analyze too much, as I found the story to just be okay.
The reading was very well done though, and that is why this has 4 stars instead of 3 all together. Especially the main reader, she kept the book alive.