Overall, what do you think of Long After We Are Gone (no spoilers)

Overall, what do you think of Long After We Are Gone (no spoilers)

The concept of heir property intrigued me, and I was drawn in by the characters, but I thought that they ended up serving as stand-ins for particular issues rather than as convincing individuals. Some of the circumstances they faced were too unbelievable, even for fiction, and the ending was disappointing.

I really liked the book. I also did not know about heir property and learned a lot in the book. I felt the characters were well developed and inherently good though flawed. I also was a bit concerned at the beginning that the author would make the book primarily about race and she absolutely did not do that. I liked the ending as well. It was a win for me!

It was interesting to learn about heir property. However, this book did not really engage me and I sometimes found it hard to follow. Also, it often offended me with the language used. I won't be passing this one on to friends.

It keep me reading as I wanted to know what happened next. It was a bit contrived as far as having so many siblings with differing problems. There weren't any large lists to the story. It was a bit strange as far as King not telling his children what had happened to their mother.

I enjoyed it. Family dramas can be difficult for me coming from a dysfunctional family. I have a lot of siblings and some of the behavior of the siblings in this book were all too familiar. I found the concept of heir property intriguing and I kept reading to find out how things would be resolved. Not what I expected but that’s what I liked

I loved this book! I wasn't familiar with heir property. My first reaction was, would it have been the same for a white man? It sounds like stories of what the white man did to the Indians. But, the story had me from "hello". Each character was unique with their issues and reactions to life. I think the book would have been boring without the different qualities. I also really liked the way the family was coming together in understanding of one another and the way Harris tied up the loose ends. I definitely will recommend this book to my friends and will suggest it to my book club. For me it was "winner, winner chicken dinner".

I throughly enjoyed reading this book. I felt the author's characters were well thought out. I was intrigued in learning what each sibling was like in their past life and how it influenced the decisions they made after learning their dad passed away. I could not put this book down. I would definitely recommend this for a book club to read.

I found heir property fascinating and such an important topic that needs to be discussed. The different viewpoints helped to explain the story and each sibling's actions. While having each sibling represent a different concern was slightly contrived, it helped to show the multiple ways family members can view the same event but experience and react to it in different ways. Well done.

A House Is Not A Home

Secrets, lies, shame and guilt prevent three generations from enjoying their family home and each other, until four gritty siblings join forces to change their future. While we watch each one of them reach inside themselves and come to their collective “David and Goliath” moment, the buried tragedies of the deep south are once again brought into the light of day. Harris brilliantly weaves in a lesson about The Torrens Act (aka The Real Property Act of 1900), its original purpose of “helping to clear titles for black landowners” and its ultimate “scheme by the rich to seize the land of the poor.” Suspenseful and startling with a fair measure of romance. Thoroughly enjoyable!

Re: A House is not a Home
I am new to these discussions and this reads like a review—my reaction to this comment is that the author might aspire to this, but falls short in many ways. The siblings benefit from many convenient timings of events and take extreme actions that seem more suitable as scenes asking for a movie production than as a convincing resolution of their problems.

Overall, I liked Long After We Are Gone, but I didn't love it. Interesting characters but at times it seemed the author was stretching to make them diverse or to act out their part. I wasn't familiar with the term "heir property" but it certainly didn't surprise me. The more powerful have throughout history taken from the weaker or marginalized.

I liked it, but didn't love it. While Mance learns to bend instead of taking the violent route to solve his problems, Junior stands up for himself by choosing extreme violence against his father-in-law - and getting away with it with only community service. This is not a helpful message to send, and I disagreed with it enough that it affected my overall impression of the book. Also, the characters could have used more development.

I really enjoyed this book and learned about heir property too. I loved the way the book was laid out, a beginning that surprised and shocked four grown siblings "plus one" and then moved through their immediate and resulting reactions as told in each of their own perspectives. Family dynamics are the basis of some of the best books I've read and Harris' character development and deep dive into complicated relationships was superb in this regard.

Muse48 said the author weaved in a bit about the Torrrens Act, but it was not enough for me! I thought that was what the story was going to be about! "Don't let the White man Take the House", hw tells his son. What did King do to prevent it? why did he not try? I thought it was an uncomplete story.

I absolutely loved this book! I read it in one sitting on a long flight. The overall story was interesting and well-paced. I really liked the different story lines of each sibling and how they intertwined. I also appreciated learning about heir property. I plan to read more books by this author. Highly recommend!

The characters were not as developed as I would have liked. I did enjoy the issues that the book was trying to deal with. There was just a lot going on with all the siblings, making it difficult for me to connect with them all.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I thought the character development was stellar, and the family dynamics exceptionally realistic. I also learned a lot. Overall, one of my favorite reads of the year so far.

This book kept me interested and wanted to find out what was going to happen next though at times is was very hard to read. I would have liked more information on the Torrens act and move about the legal fight since this was what I thought the book was going to be about.

I enjoyed the book and thought it was well written. Each of the characters was fully drawn out. Little by little you learn a little more about each one and why they behave the way they do. Heir property is rarely discussed and most have never heard of it, so it is always great when we learn something new from our reading.

Generally it was a better read than I expected. Had a bit trouble getting into it. But I stuck w it and became engrossed.
Has many diversified characters lots of big drama.
I didn’t know much about heir land property. It was interesting to learn something new!!

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I liked the four siblings and Ellis and it was interesting to see the direction their lives took and why. The book kept me interested until the very end; I really want to know how it would turn out.

I enjoyed the book.if we knew how other people live we might be less judgmental. I did not know about heir property but have now started a family trust.

Overall it was an interesting read. I leaned a few things about the way people were swindled out of their land. I appreciated the colloquial language use to give credence to the text.
But I did think it was a bit contrived:
That every sibling had a major social emotional/ moral issues to resolve.But at the end everything was pretty much resolved.

I enjoyed it. I was fascinated by the concept of Heir Property, so important to talk about this to help those that have inherited property without legal documents.

I generally like big messy family dramas, so I did understand that each family member had their own issues.

I enjoyed to book but didn’t love it. The heir property was intriguing, I was not familiar with it and learned a lot from researching it. I thought the sibling’s issues were a bit contrived in order to check all the PC boxes but realize that most families are dysfunctional.

I enjoyed the premise of the book and found the family story very engaging. Each of the main characters was well drawn and had interesting separate journeys.

I really enjoyed the novel. The characters often infuriated me, they all seemed to make such horrible choices. With the exception of CeCe I did like them all and wanted them to find their way to one another. The concept of heir property was new to me, but I am familiar with children inheriting a family property and not being able to agree on how to share and maintain it, forcing a sale. It is always sad, and surely not what the Parents had hoped for!
The fact that there were so many lawyers able to jump in and help them was a bit facile.

I enjoyed it very much from two perspectives.
First, I never had heard of heir property and inheritance and liked learning about it. Another way of cheating like red lining and other nefarious ways that Black Americans were cheated.
Second, it is a well written story with good definition of the characters. I especially liked the epilogue. It was satisfying to get “the rest of the story”. I’m definitely going to read the author’s first book because I enjoyed this one so much. Great to have a book where you can’t wait to be able to read more!

I am a huge fan of Terah Shelton Harris’ writing style and her artfully done story telling. I really enjoyed this book and I too had never heard of “heir property “.

A family so at odds but also so filled with love. Four siblings that are each battling personal problems, must come together to try and save the Kingdom from a development company.

Touching on buried secrets, forgiveness, love, homophobia, heir property (which I had never heard about), addiction, and violence.