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I Want to Go Home but I\u2019m Already There<\/em> by R\u00f3is\u00edn Lanigan was one of those books that has a hypnotic quality and never quite goes where you think it\u2019s was going to, so really keeps you hooked. When I saw it described as a type of ghost story, type of contemporary fiction, I was in. <\/p>\n\nOpening sentence: <\/strong>The trains were always cancelled on Sundays, which was, \u00c1ine thought, objectively the worst day to carry out planned engineering works.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe wonderful cover art caught my eye initially and now having read I Want to Go Home but I\u2019m Already There<\/em> \u2013 I feel it sums up the overall tone so well. At first glance I just thought it was depicting a melting candle, but then saw they were actually figures hugging (while melting) and that made me love it even more.<\/p>\nThe horrors of London flats<\/h2>\n \u00c1ine and her boyfriend, Elliot have just moved into their first flat together, in London, and from the beginning, things are a little off. <\/p>\n
\nThroughout all of this, she couldn\u2019t shake the feeling that someone was watching her carry out the tasks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
She previously lived with her friend Laura, who has now bought a houseboat with her boyfriend, in a bid to get on the property ladder (as you do). As the weeks progress, \u00c1ine becomes convinced that there is some sort of ghost in the flat, it very much starts to affect her mental health. As Elliot is not on the same page as her with this, it affects their relationship too. Her whole life flips and she has to try and navigate this new reality.<\/p>\n
\nPeople in love were meant to keep moving towards some sort of tangible goal or they\u2019d fall apart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
What I Want to Go Home but I\u2019m Already There<\/em> does so well while you\u2019re reading it is blur the lines between reality and Aine\u2019s take on things. It\u2019s a commentary on gaslighting and the pressures put on people in today\u2019s society, as well as, well, maybe some places just are haunted? <\/p>\nI also really enjoyed the writing style \u2013 dry, witty with astute observations about modern life, while delivering on the ambiguity too. This book is multi-layered and intriguing, I was hooked and still find myself thinking about it days after reading.<\/p>\n
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