Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Rats by James Herbert

9 reviews

the_gob's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

A classic horror novel that also inspired two movies. I had forgotten how raw the book feels when reading it for the second time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

amber2976's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

cleanupferret27's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content

Thoroughly enjoyed this book by James Herbert which was my second time reading it. A strange and intense story which although has not happened, could in theory!

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

x_klarzx's review against another edition

those rats get me anxious just thinking about them, literally the day i stopped reading this i was getting into bed and just imagined them scurrying up me  nearly cried LMAO 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Animal death and Child death

adrianmcc's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Misogyny, and Blood

xkillaxandyx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book will make you fear rats. Love the gruesome events in this book and a perfect ending to carry onto The Lair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal death

winterlee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

3.5 stars. Almost want to give it 4. I couldn’t stop reading this. It was intense and uncomfortable as any good horror book should be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

kjm_x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail