Nobody true - James Herbert > Reviews (16)

J.H. makes an homage within the book to the movie Ghost, but it was far too similar for me to give it the praise that I see has been awarded by my fellow reviewers.
This book for me was/is a good holiday book. I read it on the beach in Spain. I read it in 2 days, it was an easy read and it flowed. The story was typical Herbert in that it was subtle and easy going, almost light one minute then as a reader I was taken to a dark, malign, evil place.
The story of a man being killed when having an out of body experience and then having no body to return to was interesting although I have a nagging doubt it has been done before although I can not remember where or when so I am willing to concede that it might be a fresh new idea. The story of a "ghost" trying to protect his living family from a malign, murdering influence, either assumed or real was so similar to Ghost that it invaded my thoughts a lot as I was reading this book.
I found the story very predictable, without spoiling, I saw the plot "twists" way before they happened, I thought they were quite clumsily done and almost as if J.H. had clobbered together several ideas scripts stories films that had been done before to put out another book. I expected more from him.
I adore J.H. I have read many of his works. I love his stories but this one I felt cheated. There was not the depth of character. I felt I didn't particularly feel very much of anything towards James True. Perhaps this was intentional, maybe as he was a wandering spirit there was no depth to him. I hope so.
Come on James get back to form!