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bakerreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Alcoholism, Grief, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, and Child death
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4.0
The Rats is one of those books I spent years meaning to pick up, yet it took me much longer to purchase the book than I would have liked. When I did start reading, though, I found it wasn’t long before I was addicted to the trilogy.
The first book, The Rats, didn’t grab me quite as much as I had wanted it to. It was a fun read, but it didn’t have the same impact as other James Herbert books. I enjoyed the second book, Lair, much more. It took what I enjoyed about the first book and amplified it. The third book, Domain, was easily my favourite. It had a different feel to the first two books but was just as addictive – more so, in fact.
Taking a creature we all know, James Herbert tells a truly terrifying story by playing upon innate fears. Monsters make for great horror stories, but James Herbert does something wonderful through making the everyday terrifying.
Well worth the read for fans of classic horror.
The first book, The Rats, didn’t grab me quite as much as I had wanted it to. It was a fun read, but it didn’t have the same impact as other James Herbert books. I enjoyed the second book, Lair, much more. It took what I enjoyed about the first book and amplified it. The third book, Domain, was easily my favourite. It had a different feel to the first two books but was just as addictive – more so, in fact.
Taking a creature we all know, James Herbert tells a truly terrifying story by playing upon innate fears. Monsters make for great horror stories, but James Herbert does something wonderful through making the everyday terrifying.
Well worth the read for fans of classic horror.
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