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 The Good House by Tananarive Due
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Tananarive Due is one of my favorite writers. I fell in love with her “Living Blood” series over ten years ago, and on occasion (as with this title) have strayed to some of her other works. The Good House is classified as “horror, and a terrifying story of supernatural suspense.” There wasn’t much horror in this book, so let’s go with supernatural suspense.
In a league of her own, I don’t believe Ms. Due could write a book that I would not enjoy. She is simply gifted at what she does. Her knack for incorporating history, traditions originating from Africa, and the occult, are some of the things that draw me into her books.
The Good House is the story of the descendents of Marie Toussaint, a High Priestess of sorts, who made her way from Louisiana, to Sacajawea, Washington in the early 1900’s. Known for her special gifts, she upsets the spirits when she decides to cure a woman who has been possessed. The spirits curse her and her family, but in the year the curse would be removed (some 70+ years later) her great-grandson discovers information that soon turns the quiet town on its heels.
The story develops at a steady pace, although there were moments when the detail was a little weighty and I was anxious for her to move the story along. I loved how scenes were told and replayed from different perspectives, allowing information to be revealed at the precise moment it was needed. Character development was on point, as always, with Ms. Due's style of writing. I also loved the symbolism of Marie Toussaints love of the house and the land it sat on, and how those thinkgs manifested into the evil spirits would she would need to destroy in order to keep her linage in tact.
Although I thoroughly enjoyed The Good House, and the majority of true Due fans will; I was a little let down by the ending. Not that it was a bad ending, I was just expecting more (or maybe something different), which may be typical after being totally immersed in a good book that must eventually come to an end. BUY NOW
Much Love,
Tracy
Tracy L. Darity is the author of He Loves Me He Loves Me Not! and Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day. For more information, please visit www.TracyLDarity.com
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