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octavia_cade 's review for:
Sepulchre
by James Herbert
Not one of Herbert's better efforts I think. It's basically schlock horror, substituting scares for over the top violence and BDSM on every other page. Nearly every character is deeply unpleasant, and while I realise the text is themed around corruption and the various levels of evil, there are other horror narratives (e.g. The Exorcist) that are also primarily concerned with corruption and don't immediately drop to the lowest common denominator to get there. Focusing so much on each character's dark side makes them come across as bizarrely one-dimensional ciphers. (The only female character, Cora, is one of the least convincing women I think I've come across in fiction, ever.)
It does get an extra point for the interesting use of Sumerian myth-history, which sets it a little apart from other horror of this sort, but make no mistake: this is no Moon.
It does get an extra point for the interesting use of Sumerian myth-history, which sets it a little apart from other horror of this sort, but make no mistake: this is no Moon.