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Once in a Wood With a Bunch of Faeries

Advantages: Well written, Well paced
Disadvantages: You might not take it seriously

"Once…upon…a…death.." is a unique way to open a story but then James Herbert has a penchant for uniqueness that keeps him at the top of the British horror writing totem pole. This was the only remaining book of his that I hadn’t read, what with this parti ...

an_enigmatic_brummie 12.12.2004 · Read full review
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CHECK UNDER THAT TOADSTOOL FOR FAIRYFOLK

Advantages: Unputdownable..is there such a word?
Disadvantages: Gets a bit cold when sitting on that magic mushroom!

Being a James Herbert fanatic, I had to put down my current reading material to start reading this new blockbuster book called Once.. What a mix eh? Going from Chicken soup for your soul which is an inspirational book full of short but heart tugging stori ...

chrissiepops 27.12.2001 · Read full review
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Once upon a fairytale.

Advantages: Escapism, entertaining.
Disadvantages: Predictable.

Herbert was once an old favourite of mine but for some reason I stopped reading him some years ago as his books just weren't frequent enough for me and sometimes a little hit & miss. Browsing through the local WHSmith last week, desperate for some new rea ...

Kes30 03.06.2002 · Read full review
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Here there be Fairies

Advantages: Lots of chills and page turning.
Disadvantages: Little plot, too descriptive.

Once…upon…a…death… And so begins James Herbert’s latest journey into erotic horror, places he has not been to and eroticisms not seen within the genre of horror since his book The Dark. Here in Once, we meet Thom Kind ...

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If you go down to the woods today

Advantages: Full of fairies and elves
Disadvantages: Full of nasty fairies and elves

James Herbert has for many years been at the forefront of British horror writing. His output hasn’t been prodigious but for the main part, it has been well crafted and original. This fairly recent book is: ‘A scary Tale of Faerefolkis & Evildoers, ...

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