The Good House

De: Tananarive Due

Narrado por: 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.©2003 Tananarive Due (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC

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"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)

Too Many Details...Too Much Back & Forth

What did you like best about The Good House? What did you like least?

I most liked the narrator. I liked the book's premise it just didn't come off too well.

I least liked the slowness in which the book moved. It dragged on for no good reason, giving details that added nothing to the story. I liked the mystery of the threat of a curse at the beginning of the book, but what I absolutely hated was, in this book (that gives every detail imaginable), fails to tell readers WHY the act of helping this person would result in a curse.

Would you be willing to try another book from Tananarive Due? Why or why not?

I don't know. This book started off good & strong even though it dragged on with too many details. But the ending had me fast forwarding. So not sure.

What does Robin Miles bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The accents of the locals. Fabulous narrative of Grandma Marie.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes. The movie would give a more overall rendition of the book which would make it less tedious & more enjoyable. The macabre scenes would fare better in a movie.

Emotional Rollercoaster

I usually don't write reviews, but I felt this was an exception. I have read other books by T. Due, so I wasn't disappointed in her writing skill. Some people complained that the book was too long and drawn out. But I didn't find that to be the case.
It was easy to identify with the heroine, and I felt her pain and her joy. The ending instead of a letdown, as some said, was more of a relief and a cleansing for me. The narrator was excellent, and it was well worth my time.

Consider that rating to be 3.33 stars!

I really don't want to be negative about this book because I essentially liked it. Excellent -- and unusual -- plot ideas. Good writing. Interesting characters (most of them, anyway). Absolutely first rate reading by Robin Miles, the female Scott Brick.

I've seen Tananarive Due compared to Steven King in other reviews here. It strikes me as a valid comparison, but not always in a positive way. Ms. Due's story-telling is, I think, actually better than the latter Steven King's. Unfortunately her use of words -- words -- words is most definitely comparable to Mr. King. As an example, the scene of Angie in the woods is needlessly repetitive and goes on way too long.

I try to avoid listening to abridged books. I would much rather have a novel written to the optimum (not necessarily shorter) length through the author's own editing process.

OK! Enough of my own words. Good book! About a third too long! Let's see. Five stars times 66.6 equals 3.33 stars. That's my rating.

Perfect for Stephen King fans

If you're a fan of Stephan King, I expect you'll love this book. It is based on a supernatural supposition, and it has character development similar to King's. But it's a fresh new voice very satisfying to those of us who may have become tired of King's worn out phrases and idiosyncrasies. The narration was excellent, handling the range from sage, femaile Creole African American, to surly teanagers and everything in between. If you're not comfortable with the length and detail of a King novel, this probably will not be for you.

The Good House: a Good book

This book has good characters and a great plot line, but seems a little long. This is a good candidate for an abridged version, you know, for someone who doesn't want to have to read through all 24 hours.

The Good House

This is a great book and a wonderful read. At first I did not think I was going to like the book but once I started to listen to the reader the more she drew me into the story. I haven't finished the book as of yet but like any good book I just can not get enough of it.

lacking equally exciting ending

Wow, one of the best books i have 'read' in a long time. The character and story development was excellent. the ending was a bit of a disapointment.

Would recommend since the end really doesn't overpower the whole.

Wow

What a tale Ms Due wove! I could not stop listening. I am not one for horror stories but this one was great. Not to give away the story but in her tale we get view of traditional religions, the heartbreak of losing a child, and redemption. I loved it.

The best narration I've ever heard.

What did you love best about The Good House?

The story was fun, interesting and entertaining. However, what impressed me most about this audio book was the narrator. She was AMAZING in her range. Totally believable as middle aged women AND teenage boys. Her voice was a pleasure. I enjoyed the style of writing of this book as well. It was so honest in its delivery and the characters rich and real. I also enjoyed experiencing the flavor of a culture not my own. It was presented in a way that neither glorified nor demonized and which, therefore, made it more accessible. The actual horror story of the book was a bit silly, but I suspect perhaps I am just outgrowing horror as a genre, so no real criticism there. Good work.

I need more positive adjectives!

great, fantastic, super, wonderful, engrossing, thrilling, hard-to-put-down, mystical, romantic, awesome, A+ narration, excellent, superb, dont-press-pause, sensual, mysterious, unpredictable, keep-driving, unlike others, absolutely fabulous audiobook!
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