The Good House

""Then, as if to prove its mean core, life became a horror."<br/><br/>The Good House is my second read by Tananarive Due, and I absolutely love her books. This is a solid haunted house book, and I highly recommend it if you need a good creepy summer read. <br/><br/>In addition to being about a haunted house, this book covers a wide range of topics like family, friendship, suicide, romantic relationships, divorce, and more. There's a lot of good content packed into this book. <br/><br/>There are some good spooky scenes in this book, and I had a lot of fun reading it with a couple friends. I can't wait to read more Tananarive Due books!"

"Wow wow wow! <br/><br/>I’m so happy to have been recommended this backlist book to read, as it was like no other I have read before. <br/><br/>Angela, lost her 16yo son Corey, two years ago in her Grandmeres house where she grew up. She is now summoned back to return to make the decision if she should sell the house. <br/><br/>She and her famous client/friend return and strange things begin to happen. Her friend loses her dog and is now convinced the house is not a good house at all. <br/><br/>The story is mostly told from the present pov, but it’s intertwined with what happened in the few weeks of Corey’s death also. Plus Grand Marie’s voice is heard also as she speaks of vodou and evil and good spirits. <br/><br/><br/>I would have given this book 5 stars, however the first part was so long and it dragged. It could have been at least 200 pages shorter. <br/><br/>Read this if you love paranormal stories, voodoo, magic, suspense, death and spirits. <br/><br/><br/>*Note: they did have a reference to a “red sauce” and they called it Gumbo. Please know that is NOT an authentic Gumbo! If you want to know what an authentic Cajun/Creole Gumbo is…please ask me (my family was one of the first French Acadians to settle in south Louisiana) or someone else who is Acadian*"

"I have mixed feelings about this book and I’m honestly not sure what to think. There were parts of this book that were soooo good and I had trouble putting it down. But then there are other parts that are very long and boring. Also it has one of my least favorite types of endings so….i just don’t know…"

"Wow, what a novel! This book popped up on 4 different lists of books to read for the Halloween season, so I figured it had to be pretty good. And I loved it! It was fantastically well done, flipping between perspectives and weaving in elements of magic without becoming totally unbelievable. I’ve heard Tananarive Due compared to Stephen King, and it’s totally valid; I’d even go so far to say that I enjoyed her work more than what I have read from Stephen King! My only complaint was that is was a little drawn out, but it made me appreciate the end all the more because of it! Highly recommend, it’s well worth the read!"

"One of the worst books I've ever read. This started off great, but it was far too drawn out and could have been condensed to half the book. I was exhausted after getting half way through as the author tends to spend far too much time in repetitive scenes and narration. The story is disjointed and hard to follow with excessive and unnecessary context."

"Listened to the audiobook. I definitely think if I read this on my own, I’d probably enjoy it more. The novel voice didn’t help very much."

"Too long"

"Listened to this on Audible than read it again physically. Even the second time around it seemed like the scares, atmosphere, and characters were new. Highly recommend!"

"Amazing book - scary with well developed characters and storyline!"

"It is captivating till the last page. Suspense on every page making you keep reading non-stop! "