A review by itcamefromthepage
Domain by James Herbert
4.0
James Herbert bring the Rats saga to its end with a BANG...quite literally as this post apocalyptic animal attack book begins with the bombs falling on London.
The bulk of this book is some of the best work in the trilogy, unfortunately the ending gets a little repetitive. At least in Lair the ending had an interesting twist, Domain essentially just recreates the bulk of the ending of the original with a single (and unendingly ridiculous even for a book about giant rats) twist.
The post apocalypse section is truly chef's kiss and I would have loved to read James Herbert expand upon this topic even more.
Herbert almost goes the entire book without being cringe but rest assured he gets some racism in there near the midpoint.
All of this makes this one a bit under Lair which from my recollection dated fairly well.
The bulk of this book is some of the best work in the trilogy, unfortunately the ending gets a little repetitive. At least in Lair the ending had an interesting twist, Domain essentially just recreates the bulk of the ending of the original with a single (and unendingly ridiculous even for a book about giant rats) twist.
The post apocalypse section is truly chef's kiss and I would have loved to read James Herbert expand upon this topic even more.
Herbert almost goes the entire book without being cringe but rest assured he gets some racism in there near the midpoint.
All of this makes this one a bit under Lair which from my recollection dated fairly well.