We Came to Welcome You

A Novel of Suburban Horror

De: Vincent Tirado

Narrado por: iiKane

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It had good bones.

I really liked the premise of the story, however... don't waste your credit. The narration is just weird. Half human/half A.I. Finally the main character was way over the top with the victim mentality. It became more of the focus of the story. When wrapped up with the ending...it just made me think of the new social horror that was being spread.

A DNF Book for Me

I got about 6.5 hours into the book and decided it was one to put down. The main character manages to make herself the victim in every single scenario.

Every person in this book is deemed either racist or homophobic, and the main character doesn’t let you forget she’s a victim of both in every part.

The story itself is really good, but from what I read there was race or homophobia brought up so often and I don’t believe it had anything to do with the actual plot.
She literally decided she was never going to see a therapist again because upon the first 10-20 minutes in the first session the therapist didn’t know she was part black.

The AI type narration isn’t so bad, it’s definitely noticeable but doesn’t sound awful. The voices are nice and it comes out fairly smooth.

Overall, try it out but personally one of my very rare DNF books.

The Narration is awful.

I liked the book, would've been better reading it my self because the narration is so bad it ruins the overall effect. It's robotic and goes in and out of normal.

A deeply troubling social paranormal horror.

I did love this novel, the horror was effective and enjoyable. I had more than a few moments of utter disgust at the body horror. All this being said the ending is one that’s leaving me scratching my head a bit. There are a few loose treads that get tied up in unsatisfying ways and a lot of lore that never gets explored. I’m not sure if the author intends to write more, if so I’d absolutely read any connected stories. But as a stand alone I do feel a bit like the ending betrays the core values of the main character.

Reader’s cadence was distracting

The reader’s inflection was that of someone who’s mind was elsewhere while reading, leading to pauses and emphasis in the wrong places. “AND then, as if BY some, coincidence, the mother APPEARED, in the CAR, next to ours.”