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Creed

Advantages: Excellent story
Disadvantages: Not very gory

...is a guy called Joe Creed (hence the title) and he is portrayed by James Herbert as being a bit of a scum bag, which, as he is a fully paid up member of the paparazi is probably not that far from the truth. Now as we know these guys ...

Mickm9 17.12.2000 · Read full review
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Terrific Read!

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...I have just finished reading James Herberts - Creed and I found it utterly enthralling. The story tells the tale of a man names Creed, a famous and very good (by all accounts) member of the paparazzi, known for getting the photoes that everyone wants to s ...

honey350 10.08.2000 · Read full review
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Sometimes Horror is in the mind....

Advantages: Easy to read and cracks along at great pace
Disadvantages: Not very gory or very supernatural

...And sometimes it's real... An early James Herbert work, with hints of the clever, or twisted, mind that will come to the fore in his later books. Some scenes are very clever, making you grimace but as James Herbert books go, Creed never made my jaw ...

Sa1sysoo 19.02.2007 · Read full review
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Phones from Hell

Advantages: some interesting and new ideas
Disadvantages: the ideas arent fully formed. the ending isn't all that great. lots of unanswered questions

All the books The last few weeks have been a flurry of activity for my book shelf. Finally I’ve been getting the time to get through the huge pile of stuff that has slowly and surely built up. I’ve cleared most of the books that I deemed to be qu ...

ryanando 29.04.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Cell - Stephen King

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Who You Gonna Call?

Advantages: A standard, non "Dark Tower" novel from Stephen King
Disadvantages: Very little that is truly original

Ever since the publication of 2002's "From a Buick 8", Stephen King's focus has been on finishing his "Dark Tower" series. There has been the odd side trip, into non fiction for "Faithful", his review of the 2004 Boston Red Sox season and the more recent ...

Soho_Black 05.03.2006 · Read full review
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