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The House Next Door

de Anne Rivers Siddons

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--Cosmopolitan

"A lusty southern saga...passionate and perverse...psychologically astute and excellently written."

--Chicago Tribune Book World

"A splendid book...Absolutely mesmerizing!"

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BY TWO P.M. THEY HAD WALKED FOR HALF AN HOUR, THE man and his family, and the sweat of that sun-blanched September Saturday in 1903 lay sour in waistbands and collars and dampened pale hair and ran rank down thin necks and backs and legs. Lire la premi�re page

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2.0�toiles sur 5 For me, very disappointing, Mars 3 2004

Par	jeffsdate "jeffsdate" (Boxford, MA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

Wow! I'm astonished that everyone else liked this so much. For me, watching Ruth Yancey Fox ruthlessly destroy the lives of everyone in her family was just too depressing. I probably wouldn't have even finished this if I hadn't been on vacation. I thought Ruth should have had her comeuppance a lot earlier in the story, and then there would have been a LITTLE more joy and happiness instead of grinding misery for the whole damn book. I also thought the depiction of the black servants was a bit racist and patronizing. (The old warmhearted-but-dimwitted stereotype.)

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5.0�toiles sur 5 PFG & VV...if you've read the book, you know what it means.., Janv. 12 2004

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PFG: the writing. Wow. Lush, vivid, rushing forward and pulling you with it...you cannot put this melodrama down. I give it five stars for sheer entertainment.

PFG: the characters. Siddons is a great psychological writer. She gives individualistic sketches of several characters that could be textbook, especially the screamingly psychotic sociopath Ruth Yancey-Fox. Yikes.

PFG: the first several chapters, describing the Yancey family.
It's as perfect as novel-writing can be right up until Ruth is adopted into the Fox family. Then it gets "Gone With the Wind"-y and "Little Foxes"-y. It continues to mesmerize, but is never as good as those first chapters.

V.V.: Descriptions of good ol' black folks who still like to dance on the old plantation 'cause they's devoted to their massahs - ugh. Demeaning, stereotypical, crap. Made me want to throw up.

V.V.: Rip, the black woman who "knows" the sickie Ruth almost in the biblical sense: we are set up to believe that she has some magical powers to "protect" Ruth's offspring, but in fact she never does do a damn thing to help them. She's always "lookin' out" for her "chirren," but I found that she was basically in collusion with Ruth. It's like the old saying: "If you're not part of the solution then you're part of the problem." She watched Ruth do horrible things, including murder, and never said a word. Her rationalization, at the end, that "Who would believe me?" just didn't cut it. She had power in that household, too. Even if they didn't believe her, she should have had the guts to spill to beans...or the chitlins, or whatever.

V.V.: Tying up the whole thing in letters from Ruth at the end was a highly unbelievable contrivance. But by then you were just happy to have the fascinating story end. As good as it is, it gets on your nerves after a while. I found Nell, the final heroine, to be a milksop. But in the end, too, it's a good sister story. If you've ever had a female sibling rival and made up when you found out how sick the grownups were, you'll probably love it.

PFG: Painterly descriptions.

V.V.: Location, Location, Location. The South doesn't get more nauseating than this.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Very Absorbing-A Great Book!, Juil 8 2002

Par	J. Kirkman "book jen" (St. Petersburg, FL United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

I really enjoyed this family saga by Siddons written about a young girl who lives in poverty, and with her schizo-father, and mother who is afraid of this man as you can tell from reading the book. But Ruth Yancey has an opportunity to go live with the Fox family, and from then on in the story she becomes her own domineering person as time goes along. Ruth is a very very strong character who later calls the shots at the mansion after the death of Alicia Fox. Over the years, the family continues to grow, and many exciting events take place over the chapters. A very absorbing book!

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4.0�toiles sur 5 my review
I have already read many books from this author, and I have enjoyed each and every one. This was no exception. Read more

Publi� le Jui 3 2002 par Ana Maria Barrenechea

5.0�toiles sur 5 FRIGHTENING...........WELL WRITTEN
I have to give Fox's Earth five stars as this book has been so well written. Set in the Southern state of Georgia, Siddons delves into the lives of three generations of women... Read more

Publi� le Oct. 2 2001 par Heather Marshall Negahdar

5.0�toiles sur 5 An epic story of southern grandness and madness
This is the 3rd book I have read by Ms. Siddons, and so far the best. I am looking forward to reading every book she has written now, and intend to do so. Read more

Publi� le Mars 1 2000 par Jim McLeane

4.0�toiles sur 5 Enthralled with Foxes Earth
I found this to be one of the most fascinating and frightening books I have read. There is a person in my family similar to the main character and I have watched in horror what... Read more

Publi� le Janv. 10 2000