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A review by motherhorror
The Good House by Tananarive Due
5.0
“You just give me one more good reason,” Angela said to the house from the road, “and when I am finished with you, I will burn you to the fucking ground. Don’t think I won’t.”
― Tananarive Due, The Good House
If you’re like me and cut your horror fiction teeth on Stephen King books, you might be drawn to character-driven horror. Do you easily get invested in the fictional lives of the characters to the point where you find yourself hoping nothing bad happens to them? Then add Tananarive Due to your auto-buy list and The Good House is a great place to start.
Angela Toussaint was raised by her grandmother in an estate called “Good House”. A few years after a horrible tragedy that took the life of her son, Angela returns to Washington and Good House to investigate some of the strange circumstances surrounding her son’s death. Ultimately she encounters an ancient evil entity possibly conjured up by both her voodoo-practicing grandmother in the 1920s and possibly again later by her son.
This book is heavy. It’s over 500 pages and it deals with heavy themes like teen suicide. Due’s wheelhouse is developing flesh & blood characters through authentic dialogue; the way people really talk. I love how she takes the time to place characters in the day-to-day, mundane settings like the family dinner table, a husband and wife getting ready for bed, and people driving or doing laundry. This solidifies their location in the timeline of events validating the story’s authenticity.
A real good vs. evil, light vs. dark tale introducing the reader to cultural folklore and magical rituals.
― Tananarive Due, The Good House
If you’re like me and cut your horror fiction teeth on Stephen King books, you might be drawn to character-driven horror. Do you easily get invested in the fictional lives of the characters to the point where you find yourself hoping nothing bad happens to them? Then add Tananarive Due to your auto-buy list and The Good House is a great place to start.
Angela Toussaint was raised by her grandmother in an estate called “Good House”. A few years after a horrible tragedy that took the life of her son, Angela returns to Washington and Good House to investigate some of the strange circumstances surrounding her son’s death. Ultimately she encounters an ancient evil entity possibly conjured up by both her voodoo-practicing grandmother in the 1920s and possibly again later by her son.
This book is heavy. It’s over 500 pages and it deals with heavy themes like teen suicide. Due’s wheelhouse is developing flesh & blood characters through authentic dialogue; the way people really talk. I love how she takes the time to place characters in the day-to-day, mundane settings like the family dinner table, a husband and wife getting ready for bed, and people driving or doing laundry. This solidifies their location in the timeline of events validating the story’s authenticity.
A real good vs. evil, light vs. dark tale introducing the reader to cultural folklore and magical rituals.