Back after a very long absence! Cant believe I've only written one review in nearly 2 years! Anyway ...
Back after a very long absence! Cant believe I've only written one review in nearly 2 years! Anyway back now and hope to be reading, rating and writing lots!
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I am a huge James Herbert fan, personally I consider him to be the best British horror writer around. So finding myself with some spare time I decided to pick up this novel again.
The intro on the back of the novel gives you a slight taste of whats to come without giving anything away. The introduction and 1st chapter appear to be more like several intros, not quite setting the story but again just dropping hints.
The main character is Chris Bishop, a sceptical 'ghosr hunter' who aim is to find rational reasons behind suspected hauntings. He is approached by Jessica and Jacob Kulek of the Research Institute of Parapsychological Study to talk about an incident at a house called Beechwood where Bishop had encountered some pretty gruesome happenings and where a cult had apparently been carrying on some pretty deviant activity.
The main body of the story centres around Beechwood and Willow Rd where it is situated and Bishop and Jessica go off to investigate. Unexplainable and shocking events are still happening in the area, but apreading out slowly. One of the best events occurs in the crowd at a football stadium giving group mentality a whole new meaning. Even Bishop himself encounters some strange happenings.
In many ways the Dark is a story about the struggle between good and evil, the Dark and the Light. In this book the Dark (or evil) is like a contagion spreading and infecting people. But does good overcome evil? Well that would give the ending away! The Dark is a must have for Herbert fans, full of gory twists and not with an entirely happy ending and not too smachtzy either. An all round good read.
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