Deeply disturbing page turner (Others - James Herbert)

Member Name: comicman

Product:	Others - James Herbert
Date:	31/05/01 (145 review reads)
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Advantages: Deeply disturbing, visually intense, suprbly written, great page turner

Disadvantages: I think he was holding back slightly

James Herbert's controversial and stunning new chiller Others follows the same grounds as the superb Creed, yet with an originality that places it a cut above the rest. The main character Nicholas Dismas is a Private Investigator, but like no other that has gone before him. As well as his main burden (something I am not willing to reveal) Dismas carries a secret about himself to which not even he has the answer. Hired by a widowed aristocrat to track down a missing baby stolen away at birth, he finds himself immersed in a grim underworld of lies and deceit. Dismas’ investigations lead him to a mysterious nursing home called ‘Perfect Rest’, a seemingly innocent place where the elderly can live out their final days in peace. But as Dismas delves deeper he begins to notice that appearances can be deceptive as he discovers the shadowy presence of the Others lurking in the hidden rooms and passages of the nursing home. The Private Investigator’s own dark heart is called into question in the events that follow and in a shocking and spectacular finale, Dismas finally resolves the enigma of his own existence and answers the disturbing questions - who and what are the Others?

Over the past 25 years James Herbert has gained a reputation as Britains greatest Horror writer. With tales to rival King, Herbert is like a modern day mage, a man that magically creates his vision with seamless ease. His writing is of the most visually detailed and descriptive style you are likely to discover within the genre. He makes you laugh, he makes you cry – and most importantly of all he scares you out of your wits. Any writer who can make a grown man jump at the sudden descriptive sentence of the next paragraph has my respect.

Others is a richly crafted reading experience. This is Herbert at his best – a deep, thought-provoking and insightful masterpiece.

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