The Between

A Novel

Paperback, 288 pages

English language

Published Oct. 4, 2021 by Harper Perennial.

ISBN:
978-0-06-315767-5
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OCLC Number:
1241441336

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4 stars (5 reviews)

When Hilton was 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, Florida, begins to receive racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his family. The demons lurking outside are matched by his internal terrors—macabre nightmares, more intense and disturbing than any he has ever experienced. Are these bizarre dreams the dark imaginings of a man losing his hold on sanity—or are they harbingers of terrible events to come?

As Hilton battles both the sociopath threatening to destroy his family and the even more terrifying enemy stalking his sleep, the line between reality and fantasy dissolves.

Chilling and utterly convincing, The Between …

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4 stars

Overall I enjoyed this one. I read Due's The Good House last year, so I was looking forward to this. The Good House was a better read for me, but I still liked this, too.

I always like a story of a slow descent into madness, and you get that feel here. It's painful to watch, though, because of how messy it is, how people are hurt. I liked the paranormal elements, though I was pretty confused for much of the book. It was refreshing in a way - I wasn't picking up on what was happening really early. The conclusion is also really strong. I thought it was very satisfying.

There's a chunk in the middle that felt really slow for me. It reminded me of another book I read called The Grip of It by Jac Jemc. It felt similarly same-y through the middle. The tension is building, …

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  • Modern fiction
  • Horror - General
  • Fiction - Horror
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