Status Updates From Hay algo malo en casa

TLDR
Ending was not bad, it’s not cliche we’ll be fine as a family type stuff, and the spilling secrets (skeletons in the closet, eh?) Was a cool angle; Maybe in the future Bella will find kind soul who will let her in (she mentions she hopes to find a friend)

+ Entertaining, audiobook voice, short, paranormal, solution was unique
- unbearable characters, repetitive, slow plot progression

3.5* round to 4?

Grandma comes over saying a home is bigger than it seems, full of our experiences and places we’ve been;

MC’s in and out of sleep, her grandma says a house is one room, face distorted

She hides and parents search for her, grandma is dead in closet

She runs upstairs to her room, parents are lying on floor, then OM comes out of closet and MC answers “yes”

MC now goes where OM is from, hoping to find a friend

Interesting that they didn’t go church angle, I would’ve liked a ch w their interview and denial to help but that’s picky, doesn’t detract

The parents fight a lot, (before and after OM) so why are they together, how can I believe their love; I thought they would come together for their shared love of Bella and wanting to protect her but mom persisted on being ehh. So, yay a twist but the mom was unbearable

Child audiobook voice was eerie and able to convey her uncertainty, and innocence (she wouldn’t be scared talking to OM like an adult would, which makes it creepier); it didn’t feel too draggy cuz it was a quick read, but not a lot happens that advances story; the drunken monologues on her bed were weird, cuz like who tells their child these things, but if it were actually OM then ok I get it, pincher attack lol

MC runs, she can hear OM on the beach but lies like they lied to her; taking away her innocence didn’t remove OM, instead she gained the ability to lie

Her dad speaks to her about it, like a friend but she's so angry; she wants to be with OM

Lois asks if they saw OM in the ocean, Mom slaps Lois, geez

Mom says self-aware things about how selfish she is (oh my, why is she still here, why become a parent?)

Time to take away her innocence:

Omg her mom is unhinged, she clearly wasn’t ready to be a parent, why did she keep the baby? She took paternity test (she told both men about baby) and it was her first husband (who left after finding out about the affair) but MC’s dad stayed (wow, that’s a person ready to be a parent)

Obviously doesn’t work, Lois comes to the house and says they have to get rid of what OM wants, make Bella less appealing (less innocent, I’m guessing that her parents aren’t getting along)

They put distance and drive 100 miles to park

Mom admits she cheated on her first husband multiple times (incl her dad, which they lied how they actually met to Bella, then got pregnant and questioned who the dad was)

With OM being babysitter, mom agrees to find someone now


Guy comes over and investigates, then OM make appearance in kitchen and guy touches it then leaves immediately, he just wanted to witness one didn’t want to help

Family decide to do it themselves now that they know it can be touched

They get knives, get dressed nicely and make plan to stab it

They install motion detectors and get cane corsos

Her parents fight as dad looks for medium and mom is feeling trapped (basically feels bamboozled in motherhood, she’s literally stuck now)

OM as her babysitter lures her upstairs where they agreed not to go and he offers to help her parents stop fighting if he gets to be her for one day

The dogs are growling downstairs, MC runs to parents to go outside