We Used to Live Here

What We Used to Live Here is about

Eve Palmer and her girlfriend Charlie flip houses, and their latest purchase, in the Pacific Northwest, is a recent buy. Then a family turns up. The father, Thomas Faust, says he grew up in the house and asks for a quick tour for his wife, Paige, and their children, Kai, Newton and Jenny. Eve lives with an anxiety disorder, so she tries to put her unease about the family down to that. When snow closes the road, the Fausts have to stay the night.

As the evening goes on, Eve begins to doubt what she can trust, because objects and rooms seem to change. Between her chapters sit documents about the Old House conspiracy theory, which describes a portal between alternate realities. Marcus Kliewer's 2024 debut began as a story serialized on Reddit before becoming a full novel. It suits readers who enjoy a slow, eerie horror story that keeps asking whether the narrator's mind or the house is at fault.

Questions about We Used to Live Here

When was We Used to Live Here published?

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer was first published in 2024.

Was We Used to Live Here one of the best books of 2024?

We Used to Live Here is #7 on BookWard's Best Books of 2024, out of 33 2024 books that cleared our data bar. 300 readers have shelved it on Open Library; its Wikipedia page averaged 11,835 views a month recently.

Why is We Used to Live Here on the Best Books of 2024 list?

300 readers have shelved it on Open Library; its Wikipedia page averaged 11,835 views a month recently.

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