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The Jonah - James Herbert

Description: ISBN 0330376217 / Author: James Herbert / Genre: Horror

Newest Review: ... afford for there to be a major drugs problem in the area. Can Kelso redeem himself by solving the case? James Herbert is ... more

... known as one of the masters of horror and his various books have proven this to be true. However, like all the best authors, Herbert is able to write books that are not quite in his chosen genre, as ‘The Jonah’ proves. Rather than getting the straight horror book I was expecting I instead I was treated to a surprisingly good crime thriller that had elements of the supernatural that could as easily be explained as psychological. Kelso spends the entire book wondering if there is an actual curse that follows him. This ...more

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The Jonah - James Herbert: Whale of a Good Book (845 words)
by - written on 11/10/07 (Very useful, 86 readings)
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I believe in Karma. Not in the sense that there is an all powerful thing that is judging you by our acts, but in the real sense that eventually good things happen to those that are nice, whilst bad things happen to those who are not. Imagine having this opinion if you had lived your entire life under the cloud of bad luck. You are so unlucky that people refuse to work with you. You are unable to keep a long-term partner because you worry that something bad will befall them. Welcome to the world of Detective Jim Kelso. Kelso is so unlucky at work that he has been given the nickname Jonah as no one will work with him. There have been an unusual amount of ... Read the complete review

The Jonah (348 words)
by - written on 04/02/01 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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Brilliant, another one of his best. This is definitely one of his better works as far as I’m concerned, its not as gory as something like the Rats but the story easily makes up for that. Herbert manages to get a very good thriller integrated into his normal scary material. The story itself revolves around a central character called Kelso and the way in which his life has been blighted by unbelievable bad luck or unexplained incidents. It has got that bad that following the death of a policeman in an incident that Kelso could have avoided his colleagues decide that they no longer want him working with him because he’s regarded as a jinx, a Jonah ! ... Read the complete review