Honestly no more words needed. I think this book is up there with the likes of Kindred, it's so dark and hard-hitting but so inexplicably magical as well. Can't wait to read more by Tananarive Due, this book has stuck with me ever since I read it a year ago. And Gloria really is the MVP!
I loved the Reformatory and the Good House by Due is excellent as well, but a very different story with different focuses and themes. Like the reformatory, 600 pages with tiny characters that I also read super quickly.The Between is also a great read, I thought the way the speculative element worked had a huge flaw so there's I think a plot hole in this one, but as always her characters are so well written, so human, that I still really recommend it!
@@marieeuzen7324 ohhh great to hear that her other books are great too. Based on what you’ve said, I think I’ll go with Good House next. I’m not a huge fan of speculative fiction so I’ll leave that one for now.
Yeah, I agree with you; I think we all know it happened, but it seems to have happened *so* long ago... when it's actually no that long ago. It sounds very interesting even though dark (but dark like Maus is dark; because of the awareness of knowing what happened). I think I'll keep it in my TBR. Have you read anything else by this author? Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, exactly! I have not yet but there's a few other books of hers I really want to read. She's definitely going to be an author I keep an eye out on.
Awesome breakdown, I knew you'd like this one. Such an incredible story. It's been a couple weeks now since I've read it and if I think too hard on it I still end up just feeling sick.
I’ve never heard of this one before but I read sample chapters and absolutely loved the prose! I’m on you with simple yet powerful writing. I’m not a huge fan of flowery/descriptive prose either, and often get much value from books with easy to read/subtle prose like Ishiguro or Hobb.
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Honestly no more words needed. I think this book is up there with the likes of Kindred, it's so dark and hard-hitting but so inexplicably magical as well. Can't wait to read more by Tananarive Due, this book has stuck with me ever since I read it a year ago. And Gloria really is the MVP!
Totally agree with that, it really does deserve to be up there with Kindred.
I loved the Reformatory and the Good House by Due is excellent as well, but a very different story with different focuses and themes. Like the reformatory, 600 pages with tiny characters that I also read super quickly.The Between is also a great read, I thought the way the speculative element worked had a huge flaw so there's I think a plot hole in this one, but as always her characters are so well written, so human, that I still really recommend it!
@@marieeuzen7324 ohhh great to hear that her other books are great too. Based on what you’ve said, I think I’ll go with Good House next. I’m not a huge fan of speculative fiction so I’ll leave that one for now.
The Reformatory just won the World Fantasy Award two days ago. (It’s interesting how often-though not uniformly-the WFA skews toward horror.)
@@paulwilliams6913 well deserved!
Yeah, I agree with you; I think we all know it happened, but it seems to have happened *so* long ago... when it's actually no that long ago. It sounds very interesting even though dark (but dark like Maus is dark; because of the awareness of knowing what happened). I think I'll keep it in my TBR. Have you read anything else by this author? Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, exactly! I have not yet but there's a few other books of hers I really want to read. She's definitely going to be an author I keep an eye out on.
Awesome breakdown, I knew you'd like this one. Such an incredible story. It's been a couple weeks now since I've read it and if I think too hard on it I still end up just feeling sick.
@@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels yeah it’s such a visceral reading experience. Have you read any of her other stuff btw?
I've seen where there's a tv adaptation in the works. That will be interesting to see.
@@mattkean1128 I really hope this gets adapted to the theatre some day.
I’ve never heard of this one before but I read sample chapters and absolutely loved the prose! I’m on you with simple yet powerful writing. I’m not a huge fan of flowery/descriptive prose either, and often get much value from books with easy to read/subtle prose like Ishiguro or Hobb.
@@SarahJ70 totally agree. Are you going to continue reading it? If so, you’ll have to keep me posted.
@@bookswithzara oh definitely! I’ve just been busy with uni stuff so it’ll take me a while but I will finish it by the end of this year :)
I think I will have to read this book soon as possible
I am going to start it when your video is finished ✅
@@JohnSaxon-vw5vi hope you like it!