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Damn Vermin!

Advantages: Short novel, ideal for a first introduction to Herbert
Disadvantages: None worth mentioning.

...and I never really felt the urge to follow suit. I detoured to Stephen King and Dean Koontz along the way and have finally, just finished my first James Herbert book at the grand old age of 34. In London in the seventies, Harris, an art teacher at a secondary school, is enjoying life. He loves his job and knows there are a few boys in his class that he could actually make a difference to. He has a steady girlfriend who he lives with and having grown ...
...to his hand. Harris takes the boy to hospital, encountering a maniacal mother in the emergency room, whose baby has just been mutilated by giant black rats! Keogh, the young boy with the rat bite to his hand, dies within 24 hours from a disease brought on by the bite, a disease that would normally only make the sufferer ill for a few days and then be on the mend. More and more deadly giant rat attacks are announced along with many cases of people ...

wendybull 19.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Rats - James Herbert

A good read

Advantages: Worth the money and is a good read.
Disadvantages: Had no social life through this book.

The dark tower. The gunslinger. The first part of the dark tower series is 'The gunslinger'. The story is set in a fantasy world about 'Roland of Gilead' the last of the gunslingers. The hero is on a quest to find the mysterious dark tower whilst also hunting 'The man in black', who you don't get introduced to until near the end. On his quest 'The gunslinger' meets other strange and wonderfull characters which make the book more readable, one of ...
...strange world. Although i thought the book was fantastic it seemed at times the story wasn't progressing, but towards the end it picked up again and i couldn't put it down. I was then just waiting to get my hands onto the second part. I paid £7.99 from WHSmith but this was a couple of years ago and is probably alot cheaper now. Especially on the net or auction sites. ...

peteandcesca 02.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Dark Tower Collection - Stephen King

25 Years of Evil Intent

Advantages: It's by Dean Koontz, easy to read, quite lively
Disadvantages: Not entirely typical Koontz, neither as well known or as good as many of his other novels, quite hard to find for sale online in the UK

...She drinks to give herself the courage to deal with the thing. Her husband calls it Victor, but Ellen can’t bring herself to use it’s name, she can’t bare to look at it, let alone touch it, or call it by a name as if it were human. It’s evil, it has to die. May 1980. Amy Harper is pregnant, dumped by her uncaring boyfriend, she feels totally alone. She desperately wants an abortion, but has no way of paying for it. She has ...
...her mother is religious to the extreme, a practising Catholic, surely it would be the biggest sin of all? Strangely Amy’s mother agrees, in fact not only does she agree, but positively insists that it is the only course of action to be taken. Amy must get rid of the evil inside her, and as quickly as possible. The abortion takes place, and Amy’s mother wants little to do with her after it. No curfew, no restrictions, Amy can finally ...

wiggglypufff 27.06.2001 · Read full review
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Review of The Funhouse - Dean Koontz

Dog/Man or Man/Dog

Advantages: Not a scarey horror storey
Disadvantages: You might ned to read twice to grasp

A different, thinkers horror book. Probably in the Horror Genre because of the author and and his earlier books. Dated now but does stand the test of time A relatively short book compared to some other horror writers but no less a good book. It is different and starts you thinking from page one. Then undertake the trek of a man to recover his life only to find out he is a dog. Or the trek of a dog to regain his life as a man. It is difficult to ...
...but is this dog a man or is this man a dog. Suffice to say he has 4 legs and barks so why should he think like a man and as soon as he realises who is is(was) then why is he a dog??????? Re-incarnation it might not be but this dog has a grudge so don't take his bone. Go to your local library and borrow the book. ...

wayne7 05.03.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Fluke - James Herbert

Misery - Stephen King

Advantages: Psychological thriller, a roller coaster of emotions
Disadvantages: A bit slow in places

...favourite novels, the creator of Misery Chastain, she couldn't believe her luck and decided to keep him all to herself. After all she was his number one fan.... But Annie was angry, very angry that Paul had killed Misery and decided that he must write a new 'Misery' novel just for her. Stephen King lets the story unfolds through the eyes of 'hostage' Paul. There is good character developement as this psychological novel progresses, Paul's pain ...
...cruelly dashes, and a roller coaster of despair, acceptance and fear. Annie's character swings unpredictably from sickly sweet to derranged and brutal, with her past unfolding through the pages of her journal. This is not a jolly novel, the 'Misery' of the title mirrors Paul's predicament, but I read with a constant hope that things would turn out OK in the end. The newly typed pages of the captors enforced writting are tedious at times, as is some ...

Pam55 05.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Misery - Stephen King