The Between
Ratings10
Average rating3.9
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Ratings10
Average rating3.9
When Hilton was just a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake. When Hilton's wife, the only elected African-American judge in Dade County, FL, begins to receive racist hate mail, he becomes obsessed with protecting his family. Soon, however, he begins to have horrible nightmares, more intense and disturbing than any he has ever experienced. Are the strange dreams trying to tell him something? His sense of reality begins to slip away as he battles both the psychotic threatening to destroy his family and the even more terrifying enemy stalking his sleep. Chilling and utterly convincing, The Between follows the struggles of a man desperately trying to hold on to the people and life he loves, but may have already lost. The compelling plot holds readers in suspense until the final, profound moment of resolution.
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I received a digital ARC of The Between by Tananarive Due from the publisher through NetGalley. I also purchased audio and print editions. The Between is a chilling and esoteric novel from Tananarive Due exploring concept of outliving one's fate. Imagine evading death and awakening in a different reality, perhaps one where you did not die. Hilton walks between the worlds of life and death, one reality and another, and is haunted by dreams. Overall I found the concept of this novel to be really compelling. This new edition of the book begins with a fascinating introduction by Due explaining the origins and history of the novel, and then launches into the narrative. I found many sections of this book to be highly compelling, but overall the pacing felt a bit slow despite the relatively short length of this text. Overall, I didn't like this book as well as The Good House and Ghost Summer Stories. With that said, I still think the concept of the novel is really great and it's definitely worth checking out. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
