The 'Other' James Herbert (Others - James Herbert)

Member Name: Clevedon Red

Product:	Others - James Herbert
Date:	27/07/00 (26 review reads)
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Advantages: Good pace to story at times

Disadvantages: Not for late night reading

I have been lucky enough to read all of James Herberts books and each one gets better.

'Others' centres around a PI called Nicholas Dismas who is called in to look for a missing baby born 18 years ago but declared dead by the nursing staff. The mother believes otherwise.

Our 'hero' is not all he seems as he is afflicted by a deformity including a hump. Sounds odd, but very imaginable.

The secret to his hunt leads him to a nursing home called Perfect Rest where he meets Dr Wisbeech and Constance, one likes him the other doesn't.

The book, allegedly based upon a true account at times is quite disturbing, more physcological horror in this book than any of his others, but if you are like me and can get wrapped up in the stortline, I don't reccomend you read this last thing at night.

At over 500 pages long the story can drag a bit and the ending comes as quite a shock.

All in all, a good read.

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