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twicomb 's review for:
The Good House
by Tananarive Due
Very well-written and plotted, but bogged down with a lot of unnecessarily lengthy bits that made the book feel too long and slow. The middle could have been half the length it is, especially much of the lengthy meandering descriptions of relationships past and present. It was relevant to the story up to a point, but then it went beyond character-building and got so deep into the main character’s indecision over her past first love versus her current estranged husband that I struggled to keep caring. Perhaps a reader who wants a horror-romance crossover would like this degree of detail, but I am not that reader.
The last quarter of the book picked back up and delivered with some strong and unexpected visuals. The ending was particularly well-done.
I would have given it four stars if it were half or two-thirds the length.
The last quarter of the book picked back up and delivered with some strong and unexpected visuals. The ending was particularly well-done.
I would have given it four stars if it were half or two-thirds the length.