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A review by interghost
Haunted by James Herbert
3.0
I thought I'd better pick up a Herbert book next as I've been 'collecting' them slowly over the past couple of years but not really reading them. - I've read all the 'Rat' books in the past which were pretty good, and 'The Fog' more recently, which I didn't really like very much, and I think had put me off reading his other stuff... however, this one felt so different to those I've read before. This really wasn't full of gross out gore, or people getting their genitals eaten, as in the pre-mentioned books. This was a stright up haunted house story. And... it was pretty good.
I really liked the main character, and his co-workers, and I enjoyed the setting and the pace was good too. - However, I saw the ending coming a mile off! I don't know if this is because he might had been one of the first to do this 'twist', but I've seen this many times before and it was not a suprise at all.
That said, other than the book ending VERY quickly, the final few pages did give me a couple of goosebump moments, so it did it's job.
Worth a read for sure, and makes me interested to see how some of his other books are, as thought they were all like 'Rats'! - A solid 3.5 stars.
I really liked the main character, and his co-workers, and I enjoyed the setting and the pace was good too. - However, I saw the ending coming a mile off! I don't know if this is because he might had been one of the first to do this 'twist', but I've seen this many times before and it was not a suprise at all.
That said, other than the book ending VERY quickly, the final few pages did give me a couple of goosebump moments, so it did it's job.
Worth a read for sure, and makes me interested to see how some of his other books are, as thought they were all like 'Rats'! - A solid 3.5 stars.