The Good House

By: Tananarive Due

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Tananarive Due, author of The Living Blood won the American Book Award and is praised as Stephen King's equal by Publishers Weekly. In The Good House, Due sets a story of ancient powers and modern retribution in a small Pacific Northwest town. When a young woman returns to her grandmother's empty mansion, she is pitted against demonic forces that have poisoned her family for generations.

Critic reviews

"Due handles the potentially unwieldy elements of her novel with confidence, cross-cutting smoothly from past to present, introducing revelatory facts that alter the interpretation of earlier scenes and interjecting powerfully orchestrated moments of supernatural horror that sustain the tale's momentum....[Due is] a writer who grows better with each book." (Publishers Weekly)

FABULOUS!

Firstly, I was totally delighted wiith this narrator. Either she's a tremdous imitator of different voices, or she got a split personality, each personality taking on a different character in the story. Had me totally engrossed from beginning to end. The story itself is so well written that, before the tale had even ended, I came to Audible looking for another book by this author, or something else read by this narrator. Well worth the money, and a steal using a book credit. READ IT!

Spellbinding!

Excellent storytelling and superb narration! I've never heard better narration, in fact. I can't believe one woman could produce all those voices and dialects! I'm glad I listened to this one, instead of reading it. I enjoyed this story and don't understand the reviews that said it ended abruptly. It didn't! The story was so good that the length was appropriate. There are inner stories that all weave together...it switches between these but I loved that about this book! I will definitely listen to this one again!

Silly ending

There are things I admire in this book, the characters are strong and the author's style of writing is quite good. But it had some flaws I can't get past. The genre is horror, but the scenes that should be frightening are so drawn out they lose their punch. The author has for some reason chosen to wander off on some rather lengthy tangents that have no relevance to the plot. And the ending is abrupt, ineffective, and for lack of a better word, silly. I will read this author again, but this book comes up short.

A good old haunted house story

Would you consider the audio edition of The Good House to be better than the print version?

I only own the audio version.

What other book might you compare The Good House to and why?

I don't have any comparisons. It was just a good old fashioned ghost/haunted house story from the beginning. The sex was kept to a minimum and the story just flowed and kept my interest from the beginning. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.

What about Robin Miles’s performance did you like?

She has a very soothing voice.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No.

Enjoyable but

At times, this is a good story, well read. However, the explicit sex scenes that seemed to be stuck in the story because some editor said, "Add sex" wrecked the story.