The Secret of Crickley Hall - James Herbert Reviews

There are not many James Herbert books that I have read but as my brother is a big fan I took his advice when he recommended The Secret of Crickley Hall. While I don't think this one lives up to the level of either Stephen King or Anne Rice, it is better than some others of his I have read. By and large it did not fit in with ...  Read the complete review

I have never been a very big fan of James Herbert and, to be frank, have never understood how it is that he is regarded by many as the British Stephen King. He has written his fair share of books that I have enjoyed- Selpuchre, The Rats Trilogy, Fluke, Haunted and Moon all spring to mind- but these are all exceptions and the majority of ...  Read the complete review

The Secret of Crickley Hall. ==================== We begin the book at Crickley Hall and right from the start you can feel that this place is a troubled place, a place of great unhappiness and evil. The book initially centres around the family Caleigh. Father Gabe, his wife Eve and their two daughters Cally and ...  Read the complete review

The Caleighs, Eve, Gabe and their 2 daughters Loren and Cally and dog Chester, move into Crickley Hall temporarily as Gabe has a job in the area and he also wanted the family away from their London home as the anniversary of the disappearance of their son approaches. Crickley Hall is a huge, ugly, imposing building situated in a small ...  Read the complete review

I read the Secret Of Crickley Hall when I was on Cyprus on holiday last year..I have to say that it was absolutley compelling reading and I could not put the book down. The way that it was written was absolutely fantastic... The atmosphere that was created was so real that even sitting in a very hot bar in Cyprus i felt as though I was ...  Read the complete review

I had this book bought for me as a gift, and as soon as I started to read it I couldn't put it down and neither could the three other people I have lent it too so far. The story seems to be set in a very predictable haunted house scenario but what unfolds throughout the book is beyond belief. I have read many a haunted ...  Read the complete review

James Herbert is definitely back on form with this tale, after this disappointment of "Once". I thorougly enjoyed this tale - a real honest to god horror story in every meaning of the phrase. This reminded me of just how much I loved James Herbert's work and how the psychological aspect of his tales were just as terrifying as ...  Read the complete review

After around twenty years I decided to read another James Herbert book as the last I had read scared me quite a bit. But after seeing my daughters reading them I decided I might be old enough to read one and not be scared so I borrowed their book The Secret of Crickley Hall and prepared myself to be scared. Essentially this ...  Read the complete review

My Uncle last week borrowed me 'The secret of Crickley Hall' by James Herbert. I do like James Herbert novels on the whole but I didn't find the title of this one very appealing, my Uncle convinced me to read it as it is a good read so what did I have to lose? At the beginning of the book it takes you back in time with a ...  Read the complete review

The Secret of Crickley Hall. James Herbert. When writing a book review I sometimes put to much plot, so this time I am going to try and get the balance right with this review. I bought this book a while back, picked it up and put it down. I thought it would be a ghost story that I wouldnt like. Well I ...  Read the complete review

The Caleighs - mother and father Eve and Gabriel, and daughters Loren and Cally - have experienced a family tragedy and as the anniversary of the tragedy is fast approaching, Gabriel decides to move them temporarily out of London to a rural location. However, on arrival, none of them take to their new home, Crickley Hall, which seems ...  Read the complete review

Gabe and Eve Caleigh, along with their two daughters, Loren and Cally, rent the old and eerie Crickley Hall for a while so Gabe can work on a project in nearby Ilfracombe, Devon. The timing of the move coincides with the pending anniversary of their five-year-old son’s disappearance from the park a year ago. Gabe feels it will help Eve ...  Read the complete review

It had been a while since I’d read any of James Herbert’s stuff. Having read every single book he’s ever written, it had been too long in between volumes. So when “The Secret of Crickley Hall” was published last year, I was excited about getting my mitts on the book. As it turned out, I was given the hardback version as a Christmas ...  Read the complete review

BACKGROUND I am a self confessed bookworm. I love nothing better than curling up with a good book. My favourite type of book has to be horror. I have read loads of horror books by many known and unknown authors, but my favourite author has to be James Herbert (with Stephen King coming in at a very close ...  Read the complete review

I am a huge fan of James Herbert and have read every single one of his books. He is the greatest horror writer in my opinion and there is only one of his books which I don’t like. When I heard he was bringing out a new book and that it was going to be a good old fashioned haunted house story, to say I was excited would be an ...  Read the complete review