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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Haunted Unoriginal plot, awkward dialogue (there's nothing wrong, James, with using 'he said'/'she said'!) and an almost Point Horror style of writing. The book could have been so much more if Herbert had made it longer, but as it stands it's a real let-down. There are maybe two moments in the book that are genuinely creepy. Borrow from someone; don't spend money on it.
Recommended I would recommend this book, just got in to James Herbert and the stories are really captivating, once you start you cant put it down. He does go in to detail a lot which i'm not as fussed on but still want to read more. I would recommend it to everyone.
Ploddy Plotting Until now I had not read James Herbert before. Its unlikely that I will read him again. The characters are unconvincing and the style slow and uninteresting. As to the plot I lost the thread due to lack of interest.
Am I missing something..? I do not quite understand how this book has been getting such good reviews!? I have enjoyed Herbert's writing in the past but this effort is sub-par at best. There was little empathy with the main character, or the seemingly 'after-thought' secondary characters. The plot was transparent and the twists were so obvious you would have had a harder time working out the killer from an episode of Columbo! There were only two moments in the book that I actually felt any of the author's previous chilling... more info
