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The Between by Tananarive Due

26 reviews

mar's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, and Hate crime

Moderate: Infidelity, Child death, and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Sexual content, Animal death, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

takecoverbooksptbo's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Addiction, and Car accident

Minor: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Stalking

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Homophobia

librarylove4eva's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

A perfect debut. I have read a few Tanarive Due titles, but never anything this far back in her catalog. It was a wonderful horror story; part supernatural ghost tale, part social horror. Definitely made me ugly-cry at the ending. Nothing felt left on the table. 
Highly recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Child death

savvylit's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Between is a time-bending paranormal mystery that fits squarely in the category of "fever dream." Alongside Hilton, Due has her readers questioning what is real and what is a dream. Or are our dreams really just portals into alternate timelines? The eventual suggestion that you could be stalked by a murderer via your dreams is truly chilling. Additionally, the way that Due fuses Hilton and his wife's trauma-informed anxieties about racially motivated hatred with the paranormal terrors makes this already nerve-wracking book even more so.

As a whole, I really enjoyed descending into sleepless mania with Hilton as he attempted to solve the mystery of his unusual life. My only qualm with The Between was that I wanted to know more about Hilton's grandmother and how she discovered her dream abilities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Hate crime, Car accident, Gun violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

ripxw's review

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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death

noveltay's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Not enough background imo to be 5 starts, as the beginning went fast along with the rest of the book. But still a great horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Emotional abuse

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Drug use, Child death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Bullying, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

virago's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Wow!  This was confusing, frustrating, and frightening all in the best way.  This was flawlessly written.  I was completely enveloped in this world.  

Eight-year-old Hilton James suffered from terrible nightmares after a near-death experience that claimed the life of his beloved Nana.  These dreams followed him into adulthood, disappearing briefly after therapy sessions, only to return when he had another near-death incident. The dreams were worse and began consuming his waking life.

His family (and Hilton) watched as he began to fall deeper into insanity from the lack of sleep and the visceral dreams.  Then he began to wonder if he was actually crazy.  Was he losing his mind?  Or, were his dreams real?

This was a beautifully crafted story story.  And while the book didn't scare the pants off me like I had hoped, it did; however, mess with my head. I am now leery of dreaming.  Well done, Ms. Due, well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

jenny_d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol