1.08k reviews for:

The Good House

Tananarive Due

4.07 AVERAGE

slmntrts's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sschmalz's review against another edition

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On chapter 12 - had to return to library

lallie91's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ecn's review against another edition

4.25

slow-paced

readerrho's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bemisbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tyler_j's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 49%

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 I was interested. There is a good story in here...but I can't wade through the insane amount of ridiculous horniness anymore. And i'm a trans man 1 year on T...me saying it's too horny...you might have a problem. I could swear if I didn't know any better this was written by a horny 15 year old boy.

You have dead people, dead KIDS for that matter, and mystery and wtf-ery and horror going on and y'all can't stop thinking about sex every 5 seconds and the love triangle shoe horned in so damn hard and more horny thoughts and just...what does any of it have to do with the plot of the story? The crumb in here that's actually interesting? Nothing. It has nothing to do with it that I can see. It just takes away from the actual story imho and I can't take it anymore because I keep thinking about it and it just annoys me more the more I think about it. I just want to scream at the characters "Masturbate already and get on with the damn story!!"

I'm not a prude. I'll read 100% pure smut, but in that case that'd be what i'm reading it for. This wasn't supposed to be smut or anything like that. This was supposed to be a horror story. The only horror is how horny these characters are. And don't even get me started on that scene with the underage girl and whatever is going on with Tariq.

I read 49%. It's a shame, I was looking forward to this. I thought I was going to love it.

 

missyreads's review against another edition

4.0

tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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A slow-burn haunted house story with great characters and strong payoff. Explores grief and the importance of connecting with our ancestors. 

babmack_49's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

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I had to pick it up a few times before finishing. Just couldn’t get fully engrossed in the book. 

ar_katz's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A masterclass in the genre!
A must-read for any horror fan! I serendipitously read this during BHM and that was pretty perfect. 
I’m undecided on the ending, so that’s where it lost maybe a little for me.  
I would LOVE to see this adapted for screen.