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5.0 out of 5 stars What's real?, June 15, 2002

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This review is from: The Between (Paperback)

How many chances do we get at life? What happens when we are meant to die and, yet we live? In Tananarive Due's novel The Between, the answer may not be what you think.

Hilton battled nightmares of his grandmother's death for years. After therapy, he was able to rest without the haunting images invading his slumber. Now, five years after he had his last night horror, the images return when his family is threatened by a racist who has set out to destroy them. Hilton's reality becomes a jumbled mess each time he wakes up. He finds he has done things he doesn't remember doing and has not done things he recalls. This thwart of his reality threatens to send him over the edge.

I have heard so many things about Tananarive Due's novels, though I had only read her book The Black Rose. I had no idea how enthralling her fiction could be. The writing is that of the most divine quality. The story makes you look over your shoulder. The idea makes you stay up late trying to surmise the existence of Hilton. The characters jump off the page and haunt your dreams. I found myself, long after the last page had been turned, wondering what it was like to live in the Between.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, June 14, 2000

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It is usually pretty easy to differentiate an author's first work from their subsequent works. I read Tananarive Due's My Soul To Keep first and finished The Between months later ... They were equally superb.

The Between is a suspenseful first novel which chronicles the confusing life (death?) of Hilton, a man who, at age 8, nearly drowned but was saved by his grandmother. As an adult he suffers from horrendous nightmares and soon becomes unable to distinguish them from his waking hours. Coupled with having to protect his family from a psychotic, racist, ex-convict who is after his prosecutor wife, Hilton and the reader are tossed into a world of dreams/reality, life/death, sanity/insanity ... death/life.

This was a chilling and thrilling tale. I am usually not one who automatically sees movie potential in a book but I think this one would be a tortuous theme for the silver screen.

I anxiously (and nervously) await another novel by Tananarive Due !

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True to life eerie tale, December 8, 1997

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This review is from: The Between (Paperback)

It is usually pretty easy to differentiate an author's first work from their subsequent works. I read Tananarive Due's My Soul To Keep first and finished The Between months later ... They were equally superb.

The Between is a suspenseful first novel which chronicles the confusing life (death?) of Hilton, a man who, at age 8, nearly drowned but was saved by his grandmother. As an adult he suffers from horrendous nightmares and soon becomes unable to distinguish them from his waking hours. Coupled with having to protect his family from a psychotic, racist, ex-convict who is after his prosecutor wife, Hilton and the reader are tossed into a world of dreams/reality, life/death, sanity/insanity ... death/life.

This was a chilling and thrilling tale. I am usually not one who automatically sees movie potential in a book but I think this one would be a tortuous theme for the silver screen.

I anxiously (and nervously) await another novel by Tananarive Due !!

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1.0 out of 5 stars pissed
Ordered book as a stocking stuffer on 12-7 and never recieved it. No response after contacting th seller either, and I have th saved emails to prove it.

Published 13 months ago by seedy

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent first work
Due is an amazing author. The imagery, character development and plot progression of the book are all so masterfully written, It's a great read - page turner from beginning to... Read more

Published on June 8, 2008 by NuDaiye

4.0 out of 5 stars Need a change of pace???
Tired of reading about drug dealers, strippers, bling bling, baby momma drama or sleeping with your daughters ex boyfriend type of books?? Read more

Published on September 1, 2007 by hpy2bnpy

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding first novel
Some people cheat death, living on borrowed time. They continue on, oblivious, with one foot in the land of the living and the other in the realm of the dead. Read more

Published on August 2, 2007 by Henry W. Wagner

4.0 out of 5 stars Keeps You Wondering....Keeps You Guessing
I was really amazed by this book, it wasn't what I expected at all. I thought it was moving a little slow at first, but as I continued to read, I got wrapped up in "the between"... Read more

Published on April 6, 2007 by Jacque Cartwright

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly Engaging Cereberal Horror
This is my second experience with Due...I started with The Good House (which I quite enjoyed)! In The Between: A Novel Due sets out to explore what could happen if you chanted... Read more

Published on January 28, 2007 by Amy Graham

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous....as always!
I am a big Tananarive Due fan because she never fails to deliver the goods in terms of interesting plot, storyline and characters, which many can be anyone of us. Read more

Published on November 21, 2006 by Trinice Moses

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Debut
Such a complex story written deftly by an exceptional writer. This book is my second by Ms. Due and I enjoyed this one so much more. Read more

Published on November 14, 2006 by nodice

4.0 out of 5 stars A stunning new voice
Tananarive Due is the first African-American woman to write books that verge on horror and often are pure urban fantasy. Her characters are African and African-American. Read more

Published on November 13, 2006 by constantread

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!!!!!!
I love Due and this was no exception. The Between is powerful, wonderfully written and extremely creative. Read more

Published on August 18, 2006 by Michelle L. Beck

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