What happens when you lose your body? Jim True knows. He has returned from an out-of-body experience to find he has been brutally murdered and his body mutilated. No one can see... more
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Nobody True - James Herbert
The titleNobody Trueis a complicated set of puns on its own plot; adman Jimmy True has no
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body because he was off on one of his regular astral jaunts when someone stuck him through the heart and carved him up like meat. His rather privileged position a...
Nobody True - James Herbert
The titleNobody Trueis a complicated set of puns on its own plot; adman Jimmy True has no
... more
body because he was off on one of his regular astral jaunts when someone stuck him through the heart and carved him up like meat. His rather privileged position a...
Nobody True - James Herbert
The titleNobody Trueis a complicated set of puns on its own plot; adman Jimmy True has no
... more
body because he was off on one of his regular astral jaunts when someone stuck him through the heart and carved him up like meat. His rather privileged position a...
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Nobody True - James Herbert
The titleNobody Trueis a complicated set of puns on its own plot; adman Jimmy True has no
... more
body because he was off on one of his regular astral jaunts when someone stuck him through the heart and carved him up like meat. His rather privileged position as an invisible observer of his own murder investigation enables him to discover uncomfortable truths about almost everyone he knows--his wife, his young daughter, his business partner--and a darker set of truths about the serial killer whose victim he appears to be. Jimmy has many problems with trust--his paranoid mother and absent father have seen to that--and at first his posthumous experiences confirm all his worst dreads. This is a book about learning valuable lessons and not thinking simple versions of the truth are necessarily the most accurate ones; it is among the most odd Herbert horror thrillers and like several of his best books has an attractive emotional core underneath all the gore and nightmare. Occasional wordiness and too much occultist waffle about dreaming, death and soul travel do not stop this also being intermittently one of his most gripping. --Roz Kaveney
Nobody True - James Herbert
The titleNobody Trueis a complicated set of puns on its own plot; adman Jimmy True has no
... more
body because he was off on one of his regular astral jaunts when someone stuck him through the heart and carved him up like meat. His rather privileged position as an invisible observer of his own murder investigation enables him to discover uncomfortable truths about almost everyone he knows--his wife, his young daughter, his business partner--and a darker set of truths about the serial killer whose victim he appears to be. Jimmy has many problems with trust--his paranoid mother and absent father have seen to that--and at first his posthumous experiences confirm all his worst dreads. This is a book about learning valuable lessons and not thinking simpleversions of the truth are necessarily the most accurate ones; it is among the most odd Herbert horror thrillers and like several of his best books has an attractive emotional core underneath all the gore and nightmare. Occasional wordiness and too much occultist waffle about dreaming, death and soul travel do not stop this also being intermittently one of his most gripping. --Roz Kaveney
Nobody True - James Herbert
The titleNobody Trueis a complicated set of puns on its own plot; adman Jimmy True has no
... more
body because he was off on one of his regular astral jaunts when someone stuck him through the heart and carved him up like meat. His rather privileged position as an invisible observer of his own murder investigation enables him to discover uncomfortable truths about almost everyone he knows--his wife, his young daughter, his business partner--and a darker set of truths about the serial killer whose victim he appears to be. Jimmy has many problems with trust--his paranoid mother and absent father have seen to that--and at first his posthumous experiences confirm all his worst dreads. This is a book about learning valuable lessons and not thinking simple versions of the truth are necessarily the most accurate ones; it is among the most odd Herbert horror thrillers and like several of his best books hasan attractive emotional core underneath all the gore and nightmare. Occasional wordiness and too much occultist waffle about dreaming, death and soul travel do not stop this also being intermittently one of his most gripping. --Roz Kaveney
Advantages: A fine book from a fine British Author Disadvantages: None of Note
...as James Herbert has in Nobody True. For this reason I number him amongst my favourite writers in the mystery and thriller genre with the sure knowledge that when I pick up one of his books I know I’m about to go on a dizzying journey filled with passion and heartache in fairly equal measure, Herbert really is the very best of British authors.
“Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery”
James True was a slip of a lad when he first ... ...Each of the characters in Nobody True is well developed and either had me liking them immediately or wishing for their undoing. The way in which James` daughter’s utter heartache is portrayed as she realises that she will not see her daddy again is heart rending as is his wife’s stoicism. “There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval”
Why was that? Well, James Herbert has always been a very graphic writer in my opinion, on more ...
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Advantages: Good story, fairly horrific Disadvantages: Twists aren't strong enough, not really pc
...At 502 pages, Nobody True is a reasonably long read although I did find the time went quickly as I got caught up in the story. It was interesting to note the way Herbert wrought significance from the title towards the end with a thoughtful reflection of those people who had apparently let the main character down. By widening the main events to draw in the bizarre circumstances surrounding his father’s marriage and the reasons for his mother’s cold, ... ...the title even if it may be a little late in the day as far as the story goes.
Some aspects of this particular book don’t quite work out. The obligatory twist(s) in the tale isn’t/aren’t really that mind blowing and the addendum at the foot of some pages proved to be something of an irritant. The narrative is also intended as something of a cautionary tale but I’m not sure that the characters ever reach the point where empathy gets the reader to ...
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Advantages: A Great Get Your Teeth into Read. Disadvantages: You Will Not Be Able To Put It Down.
Nobody True is James Herbert's 21st novel and doesn`t disappoint us with this proud selection in his masterpieces of, horror and Fictional writing.
He always seems to be able to keep each and every new book fresh and new, with exciting new characters and events, usually building up into a crescendo of suspense and excitement.
I have been a huge fan of Herbert's for some years now i don't think i know a book i have been disappointed with.
I am ... ...what the book is about, i will try to "wet your appetite"but i don`t want to give too much away.
So here goes and i hope you enjoy it!
The best line and is vital to the book is the line said by the central character James True is "i wasn`t there when i died...."
Now this is a great little eye opener to get your interest in the book started and to make you think "hey hang on! how can that be?"
Certainly had me intrigued.....
The story revolves ...
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Advantages: It has James Herbert's name on the cover Disadvantages: Repetition, ponderous prose, obstructive footnotes
...trepidation that I picked up Nobody True. And the opening line: "I wasn't there when I died." followed by the paragraph: "Really. I wasn't. And finding my body dead came as a shock. Hell, I was horrified, lost, couldn't understand what the fuck had happened." did little to inspire me. Still, I was without a novel to read, so I got on with the job at hand and have to say I struggled.
Whilst I might not have enjoyed James Herbert's more recent works, ... ...always readable. But Nobody True seems to be made up of a barrage of stop-start sentences and paragraphs full of repetition.
The premise of the book is simple: narrator or hero, however you want to view them, is able to have Out of Body Experiences, or OBEs as they quickly become abbreviated. On one such OBE, James True returns to his body only to find it horrifically mutilated, lying face down on the bed in an ocean of blood. Because of the OBE, ...
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Advantages: Well written, back to the old form Disadvantages: Some may find it a bit taxing
...lets take a peek.
Nobody True, (don't make the same mistake as I did calling it Nobody's True, sounds easier) is the newest output of Britain's greatest horror writer James Herbert. Although I'm sure that I'd call him a horror writer anymore, supernatural, that's more the word. But even so he's moved away, like Stephen King into other directions. 48' and Others show that perfectly. Once of course did have that spooky supernatural gobliny stuff, ... ...he's gone back to the more human side of things. Now you may disagree with me after reading the book yourselves, please feel free to question my judgement.
James True is 7 when he remembers his first out of body experience (OBE, from now on), he happens to be choking on a hot potato when he finds himself floating above his body, it happens several times after but most notable of it when he is injured in a motorcycle accident when he is 17. From ...
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What happens when you lose your body? Jim True knows. He has returned from an out-of-body experience to find he has been brutally murdered and his body mutilated. No one can see him, no one can hear him, no one, except his killer, knows he still exists. Freed from his body, True embarks on a quest to find his killer and discover why and how he has managed to survive. As he closes in on his murderer, True discovers that even the very people he loved and trusted have betrayed him. He meets his killer, a strange and sinister figure who can also leave his body at will. An epic and deadly battle ensues between True and a seemingly unstoppable and hideous serial killer - a man now intent on even more murders, including True's wife and child...
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