The Rest of Us Just Live Here
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Our view
“The Rest of Us Just Live Here” starts from a clever question: what is life like for the teenagers who are not the chosen ones? Ness keeps the monsters at the edge and follows Mikey, who only wants to graduate and ask a girl out, and readers who love it love these ordinary friends. Some find the background plot confusing and poorly explained, and some feel the idea is better than the story built on it.
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About the book
This bold and irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren't the 'chosen one'? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up his high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend might just be the God of mountain lions ...
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 181 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 55% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 13 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 168 | 93% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Rest of Us Just Live Here for?
The Rest of Us Just Live Here sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating.
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