Moon

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This book is about a weather specialist, James Rivers, who is on a search to find out why the Earth is going through an apocalyptic change. James first survives a plane crash that occurs while he is flying through Hurricane Zelda! It has been a very busy year for the Hurricane Center. I would still mildly recommend this book as the concept and storyline itself is interesting and there is a lot of entertainment within the book, but a lot of filler, with a lot of scientific discussions which get dragged out, I wanted to like this more than I did, but I will still give Herbert the benefit of the doubt and will look through his other books, because The Rats, and it's follow up Lair, prove his excellent talents, as for this, it was just quite good, but average in parts, mild recommendation. If that's the point, then okay. It makes sense but that just means we now have an unlikable main character surrounded on an island with other unlikeable characters. Cabell, Craig (2003). James Herbert: Devil in the Dark. United Kingdom: John Blake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84358-059-1. Well the answer is simple - this is James Herbert - where a mixture of characters and family settings it makes for a chilling ride (or is that thrilling), a case of you know your destination, its more a case of how you are going to get there.

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I love that "moist cave" isn't enough, he has to specify that there are multiple caves and this is the moistest. This is a book of two halves. The first half I struggled to stay interested. Jon Childes is a man running from his past. A reluctant psychic who solved a murder case but resulted in divorce and publicity he did not want. So he now lives on a channel island teaching computer science at several schools. This has led him to repress and avoid his psychic ability. Yep, James Herbert you have a fan for life now Its really good to find authors that are from your own country The fact James Herbert the author is from my old hometown! And comes out with the books he does is just mind blowing to me. He is up there with Stephen king for me and is truly Talented We watch as he comes to terms with that, working alongside the police to try to get to the bottom of things. Now, I’ve always found that crime and mysticism don’t go together too well, which is one of the reasons why I found Stephen King’s Bill Hodges books so underwhelming after a solid start. Here, though, Herbert gets the balance just right, and I don’t have any complaints about the story.

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This was kind of a series of vignettes of different people being exposed to the fog, going crazy and doing some gruesome shit. For some reason the author felt compelled to inform us about all the weird sex stuff they liked to do before they killed anyone. Some of the vignettes seem to be played for humour but kinda fell flat. What's not fun is the characters, who are paper thin, boring and so forgettable there out of my memory banks as I'm writing this review. There's some sub plots, particularly the romance element, that is like watching paint dry and that's down to the characters. Corny dialogue and zero development. More horrifying than the actual fog that's terrorising them. Not to be confused with the John Carpenter film of the same name. Besides the title they couldn't be more different: The film is set on the American coast and is about a pirate curse; this book is set in England and concerns a fog that wreaks havok with people's sanity. Despite all the technological advances of science, it seemed survival still depended on the action of a man. One man. By the Master of Horror, James Herbert's Moon follows Jonathan, who fled from the terrors of his past, finding refuge in the quietness of the island. And for a time he lived in peace. Until the 'sightings' began, visions of horror seeping into his mind like poisonous tendrils, violent acts that were hideously macabre, the thoughts becoming intense.It's not as bad as I'm writing it to be, as I said. It's okay... Well, kinda. I'd be lying if I said that the ending isnt a mess. In fact the entire final third of this book just really lost me. I don't know if the publisher had a word count in mind or not but the ending chapters feel like an eternity. The pacing entirely goes off a cliff. For those who have read the book, I'm mainly talking about "The Fire". From "The Fire" until the end felt incredibly dull and drawn out. I just wanted it to end. Sadly, it did then end and I was left relieved that I could put the book down but also pretty disappointed at how the ideas here were left squandered. The book starts with Holman, the main character who is a sort of a linchpin that holds the whole story together, witnessing the initial disaster in a small village in Wiltishire. He would play an important role in getting rid of the threat, of course. Jonathon Childes a pyschic is the main character and very believable. He sees the crimes being committed through the eyes of the person committing the murder and he is aware that this is two way thing putting people he loves in danger.

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This was MY first novel by James Herbert. Having seen his books mentioned quite often, I thought to give it a go with Moon. First impression, Herbert is a brilliant writer. I genuinely couldn’t put this book down. Not because I was overly gripped by the story, per se. However, the plot and characters were interesting. But because I was ensnared with the way Herbert wrote and unfolded the tale as a perfectly paced thriller and for the most part, kept the overindulgence to a minimum.These were trivial matters, and never took me out of the story in any way, so I can't let them reflect in my rating. Portent by James Herbert was a blast to read. I love disaster novels and movies, and this was a disaster novel like none other that I have read. Any kind of natural disaster that can occur on Earth happened in detail in this book. I read this book in two sittings and hated to put it down even once. The story is fascinating and Herbert’s explanation for why things are happening is worthy of Crichton in my opinion. Sleath. Quiet, peaceful. A small village hidden away in the Chiltern Hills, almost forgotten by the modern world. Nothing much seems to happen here, little disturbs the I know the romance isn't important to many people but for me it made this book even better. What I loved is how James Herbert didn't shrink from romance. A lot of times if there is a couple in a horror book, the relationship is hardly presented as a good thing. Someone always cheats or even worse. Maybe the authors are aware they couldn't pull it off. Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique: