We Used to Live Here cover art

We Used to Live Here

Preview

Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

We Used to Live Here

By: Marcus Kliewer
Narrated by: Corey Brill, Jeremy Carlisle Parker
Try Premium Plus free

$16.45 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $26.99

Buy Now for $26.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using voucher balance (if applicable) then card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions Of Use and Privacy Notice and authorise Audible to charge your designated credit card or another available credit card on file.
Cancel

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

You let them back in.
You shouldn't have...


Young couple Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they got on an old house deep in the mountains. One day, a man knocks on the door. He says he lived there years before and asks if he can show his family around.

As soon as they enter, strange things start to happen, and Eve is desperate for them to leave and never come back. But they can’t – or won’t – take the hint that they are no longer welcome.

Then, Charlie vanishes, and Eve begins to lose her grip on reality. She’s convinced there’s something terribly wrong with the house and its past inhabitants . . . or is it all in her head?

The Turn of the Key meets Parasite in this gripping, eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit – soon to be a Netflix original movie starring Blake Lively – that will keep you up into the early hours. Perfect for fans of Stephen King and Leave the World Behind.


©2024 Marcus Kliewer (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Domestic Thrillers Literature & Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary

What listeners say about We Used to Live Here

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    32
  • 4 Stars
    17
  • 3 Stars
    13
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    3
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    38
  • 4 Stars
    13
  • 3 Stars
    10
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    2
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    31
  • 4 Stars
    17
  • 3 Stars
    8
  • 2 Stars
    6
  • 1 Stars
    3

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

it was ok

I read reviews saying it was really scary and I'm not a horror reader (just having a break from YA, fantasy and emo, it was getting a bit same-same). it was a good chance of pace for me but I would say it's more like a mystery, it's not really scary. it ended before anything actually happened. there were a few inconsistencies about who/what is actually the thing to be feared. is it the house? is it the man? his sister? nothing was really clear enough to be an object of horror. I enjoyed it as a psych mystery though. if that's even a genre, I don't know!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

This is a hard one to review

While I enjoyed this book, there were too many loose threads and a couple of inconsistencies for me to give it more than 3 stars.
The story definitely draws you in, and at no point did I want to stop listening....it just didn't tie together well at the end.
I'm a reader that likes answers while the ending of this book is very open to interpretation

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Creepy but okay

Wasn’t keen on the narrator but the story was good - but a bit confusing. Definitely a few things left unanswered… multiple theories can be made for it by the reader…

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Creep factor

I had to listen to this during the day because it spooked me out too much to listen to it at night.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

One of the best horror books I’ve ever listed to

It took me a long time to find a well written, adult rated original horror and this is it, and it’s perfectly suited to audiobook.
Creepy as hell! A quiet, but staggering supernatural horror.
Great narrator.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Confused

I ended the story with more questions than answers so for me it was not my favourite book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I need to know more

This book definitely sucked me in! I enjoyed it! Hate the ending only because I want to know more.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

slow start ends up being pretty good

at one point I almost turned it off and was going to listen to something else, then I gave it a little longer and I'm glad I did. I found it really interesting and keeps you thinking, narrator was ok. I would love to see this as a mini series I think it would work really well on screen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

For fans of Nosleep

As an avid reader of no sleep this book just ticked all my boxes. Kinda cozy, very spooky and so many unexpected twists.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Awesome and super twisted

4.5 stars.Still don't know if it was psychological thriller or horror. The characters were amazing.The atmosphere and creepiness of the novel was amazing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.