One of James Herbert's best (The Rats - James Herbert)

Member Name: JohnC1977

Product:	The Rats - James Herbert
Date:	22/07/08 (10 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Pulls no punches

Disadvantages: Kept me awake at night

Rats have always freaked me out a bit - even before I picked this up. In fact it was my fear of rats and the masochistic part of myself that likes to mess around with my head that decided to read it in the first place - you know the part of you that decides to watch a horror film yourself in the house at 2 in the morning with the lights out and has your question just why you do this to yourself? So I picked the Rats up and started reading... and I was hooked. Very short and sharp scenes keep you going, thinking "I'll just read a little more" until you can almost bear it no longer. James Herbert has to be commended for thinking of the concept of rats that can kill with one bite. Every time a character is bitten you mourn them, knowing that they don't have much time left... I don't want to give away too much but you will be hooked right to the last page... and I don't think I am giving much away if I tell you it forms the first part of a loose trilogy.

Summary: The Rats is a schlock horror classic