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You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

54 reviews

lulusreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Joe Golberg from “You” meets the female Dexter. But neither MC’s are that interesting. Lots of plot holes in this story. I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters & I basically rolled my eyes every time Calvin talked. What an obsessive cry baby loser, major “lil d energy”

 All that suspense build up just for everything to unravel in the last few chapters & not everything got an explanation.. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, and Murder

Why wouldn’t Grace a woman! save Bri from being tied up in a Cabin! She just released her & kicked her then drove away!? The only explanation to Grace being a serial killer is that it’s in her “nature” but I still would’ve liked more of an explanation as to why she chooses to kill AirBnB hosts. Why did she choose Calvin ? & wtf why was Grace’s “work” & “laptop” mentioned multiple times in the beginning just for that detail to be forgotten about 🤦🏻‍♀️

reginann's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mikaylamills's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this book a lot. There was a lot of build up to the final twist and it honestly felt like it came out of nowhere. There weren't many hints as to what the twist was, but that can be good or bad. I do like Jeneva Rose's writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

riverrliam's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was a sloooooow book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

   Grace goes on vacation to Wyoming, and stays at Calvin's house where he's renting out a room as an Airbnb, but neither one of them is what they seem. 
     Wow! The ending did surprise me, and they both ended up being very screwed up. I could have used it without all the animal death, blood, and gore. That got a bit extreme at points. 
     It was a very twisty thriller and not what I expected. But it kept me engaged.

Narrator Rating: 5 stars!
    Both narrators were amazing. Great with the voices and tonal shifts.

 Extra ratings: Fluff - 0/5   Heartfelt- 4/5   Helpful -NA    Horror -1/5    Inspiration -NA    Love aka Romance- 2/5    Mystery -3/5   Predictability -2/5    Spice-2.5/5    Suspense -4/5   Tear- 3/5   Thrill -5/5    Humor-0.5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, and Death of parent

h_sloan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

kay_chan's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This was a weird one. This one has been on my TBR since it came out, and I'm glad i didnt take it on vacation with me because if would've given me the huge creeps while i was also at a remote Air B&B. So, PSA with that...

I listened to the audio because I LOVE Andi as a narrator. She is wonderful. 

The twists of this book forever kept me guessing, but almost in an annoying way because every time I thought I would know who was trust worthy or who would be a reliable narrator something happened. So having no character to be a trustworthy POV made this a tough read where I just couldn't connect because I couldn't trust anyone's perspective. 

Not a bad read, but also could've been better. The ending just seemed like the build ended up flopping because the entire book was a giant build with too many elements and twists that fizzled out. Also, the last chapter feels like it came out of nowhere, so I feel like that final reveal could've been better transcribed. I didn't trust Grace or her story from the get go. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

bambicat234's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I am usually good at guessing endings... but this twist got me. I'm impressed. And chilled 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

sarahmae531's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed this book. I did see the twist coming from a mile away, but it was at least somewhat entertaining leading up to it. Can’t say I particularly loved, or even liked, any of the characters, which usually I need in a book. Overall a good book and a good way to start off October. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jry's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail