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The Fog by James Herbert

4 reviews

raeaeae's review

slow-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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Suicide

teaselkie's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, Violence, Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Cursing, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

bakerreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

paperback_whiplash's review

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

2.0

 While John is in a small country town in England, it suffers a major earthquake that rips open the earth. A deadly fog leaks out sending anyone that breathes in its toxic fumes to go mad. As a huge fan of Stephen Kings The Mist (the Fog was published first), I was pretty excited going into it. 

Herbert brings in new characters throughout the novel, gives them these detailed backstories, just to kill them off in these over-the-top deaths caused by the fog. Herbert tries to emotionally manipulate me into caring about these characters, and I don't get invested at all. And I mean over the top, paedophiliac rape/orgy turn mass murder/suicide scenarios. It didn’t match the tone of the rest of the book. The rest felt like a military novel with these messed up, purely there for shock value deaths. John and his girlfriend “Casey” become immune to the Fog and are humanities last hope. Well. John is. “Casey” as to stay home because she fragile soft woman with small breasts.  I have no idea what she looks like apart from her small breasts. It’s brought up a lot. Oh, and I say "Casey" because Casey isn’t her name. 

“Why do you call me Casey?” 

“You really want to know?” 

“Yes.” 

“No. you’ll only get angry” 

Etc etc 

“Well, when I was a kid I used to have this dog… and I used to call it Casey… and when I saw you… you had the same little sad eyes… and they made me fall in love with you.” 

So, John named his girlfriend over his dead childhood dog?! That’s not enduring or cute at all. Casey was such a weak character purely written for her sexuality. Her adoptive dad tries to f*ck her at one point. For some reason, she has an inner battle to pick her dad or boyfriend. She has to choose one because she can’t have both. That’s not a decision women have to make in life. This book did not age well.  It dragged and I did not like the conclusion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, and Rape