Moon (Moon - James Herbert)

Member Name: mickm9

Product:	Moon - James Herbert
Date:	18/12/00 (45 review reads)
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Advantages: Its by James Herbert so its better than most

Disadvantages: Its not as good as his normal work

I’ve got to be honest about this one and say its not the best James Herbert I’ve read, this doesn’t mean it wont appeal to other James Herbert fans. That all depends on which elements of his work you prefer, myself I enjoy the more macabre elements or a really strong storyline. Although this does have these to a certain degree it didn’t “scare” m or entertain me in the same way as some of his other pieces, again though this is only my opinion so don’t let it put you off.

The story itself centres around one man – Johnathon Childes, who experienced vivid physiological links with a child murderer, he was himself responsible for identifying the murderer via a telepathic link and as such helped the police track him down. The ensuing effect in the form of negative publicity led him to flee to an island to escape the aftermath.

For a while he lived his life in peace on the island, working as and when he wanted in several schools and even finding a new love. However, things didn’t remain that way as he once again began to have “sightings”, after initially ignoring these it got to a stage where he couldn’t any longer and the story escalates from there.

As I said earlier it didn’t grip me in the way other stories have and I found it quite easy to detach myself when it was time to put the book down. Others however have different opinions and some describe it as “un put downable”, as I said, we each have our own opinions.

Read it and see.

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