The Good House

By: Tananarive Due

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

©2003 Tananarive Due (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC

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)

Some of us like our fiction unabridged

And this is exactly why! I'm a big fan of Tananarive Due's THE GOOD HOUSE. Fabulous. Creepy. Scary (for me--I know you hardcore horror fans have a much higher tolerance!). I must be the only reader in north America who loathes Stephen King, and I'm not usually a fan of horror. (I'm more science- and speculative fiction). I can't praise this book enough. (as a side note, I was also introduced the cubano group The Orishas through this novel). This is a long book, so near the end you may find yourself running into a bookstore so you can finish it quickly, but I see that as proof that the author totally draws us in.

Riviting

Here and there a little bit hard to follow because of the constant jumping around on the timeline, but as a whole this is a great book. As an ardent Stephen King fan I have to declare her a worthy disciple of King?s style (not yet his equal, but if the critics are right, we will be in for a treat). I can?t wait for her next book.

Superb Thriller

I rarely take time to write a review, however this book merits a review and more.
The characters are multi-dimensional and the story will keep you curious to the end.
Tananarive Due is an excellent author- I am looking forward to her next story!

LOVED IT!!!

I throughly enjoy a good creepy tale. Among my favorites would be Stephen King and Dean Koontz. This author did not disappoint. I was so engrossed in the story that I couldn't stop listening to it. I was extremely intrigued as to where it would lead. The story does fluctuate between past and present, which I count as a plus as it kept me in constant suspense. Due is a fantastic author! I look forward to her next audiobook.

Disappointed Ending

it took a long long time to get into where I felt the book began to get good. The beginning took terribly long to set the story and the ending was not as I would have preferred it to end, but I wasn't surprised.

Amazing story, but even better performance

What did you love best about The Good House?

Everything. The characters, the performance, the originality.

What did you like best about this story?

It was different and unique. I don't want to give anything away, but I was positively hooked.

Which character – as performed by Robin Miles – was your favorite?

ALL OF THEM! This has been the best performance of any narrator that I have listened to so far. She switched in and out of each character with ease. The accents were positively amazing. I will be seeking out more books narrated by her.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

For sure!

Mesmerizing

I listened to this book at work, on break, during my lunch (which by the way...I usually nap then) Excellent book! While listening, I even researched some of the voudon references. Wouldn't follow them but made for excellent reading!

My Third Listen, and it's still Great!!

Narrator excellent
Story dark and beautiful and accessible
Beautiful experience all around!
Tananarive Due strikes Gold with this one, truly

A very entertaining book...I was rivited!

Would you listen to The Good House again? Why?

Definately! If I run across a very good story...I will listen a few times.

What did you like best about this story?

Mostly, because it was from the town my cousin lives in. But I found it to be a very engaging listen.

What about Robin Miles’s performance did you like?

I think she did a fantastic job at creating each character with her voice. I truly believed I was listening to each person, not just the narrator!

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

Not particularly.

Any additional comments?

I am trying to expand my authors, and was very happy to find this author!

Wonderful listen!

I loved listening to this book. When it was over, I was satisfied with the story, but I still wanted to hear more either of the characters or in the same style.

While there are several flashbacks, they are well labeled and easy to place in the history of the story. The characters were very believable and well fleshed out. The reader did an excellent job with reading the characters, too. I liked it so much that when my husband started reading parts of the hardcover, I was correcting his pronunciation of the names!