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The Fog by James Herbert

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swirls's review against another edition

1.0

Picked this one up for a book club. I'm fairly sure I enjoyed this as a 13-year-old, but it doesn't hold up for me as an adult. There's a fog making everyone go psychotic and ONLY ONE MAN can save the world! It's repetitive and dull and I have zero interest the the ONE TRUE HERO and his girlfriend with the "moist cave." (lol) I was very disconnected from all the characters and just ended up skimming (fog and crazy deaths, fog and crazy deaths, I GET IT, wrap up the story already) so I won't count it for my year's reads.

raoulgonzo's review against another edition

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dark tense 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

3.0

willablue's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

sfletcher26's review against another edition

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3.0

Good old school horror just as I remember it. Some of it is a little dated, and the casual borderline homophibia is a little 1970s de rigour. Other than that, an enjoyable read.

phil629's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense 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

3.25

jcslibrary's review against another edition

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5.0

What a rollecoaster ride. The book starts off with a bang, and the action never stops until the end of the book. There is one or two downs in the book serving as breathing space, but the book is action packed. There is a lot of gore in this book. But it never gets too graphic. It’s weird how he was able to manage this, but the author gives us just the right amount of information for us to know what is going on. While leaving us some ambiguity to let our imagination do the rest. This is so good. It’s a masterclass on writing good gore.

Story is about this fog that turns ordinary people into murderers if they breathe in this fog. We don’t really know where the fog comes from, until we’re near end of the book. We never really know what the fog is, if it’s sentient or not. One thing is for sure, where the fog goes, mayhem follows.

It’s a near perfect book. My first book by James Herbert, but not the last!