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The Ghost of Sleath

The Ghost of Sleath

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A truly great ghost story! Extremely well written thriller.
Review: America needs to discover one of Britain's best Thriller/Suspence writers, James Herbert. He is serious competition for Stephen King.

David Ash, a psychic investigator, is sent to a small, sleepy village, Sleath, after numerous reports of strange happenings. The pastor's daughter wants to know what seems to be bearing so heavily on her father that he is now very ill and possibly dying.

What David Ash and the pastor's daughter discover not only terrifies them but will fill you with dread as well!

This book haunted me long after I set it down. The author has excellent writing style, blending the characters, places and events so skillfully to give one of the most exciting ghost stories ever written.



Rating: 2 stars
Summary: The Gore of Sleath
Review: Here's the run down: You've got a emotionally compromised psychic investigator who has been sent to an intellectually compromised town. He's heard creepy stuff has been happening and he's a scientist sent to do his thing. He does everything but behave like one however.

To give him credit, 'ol Herb the author did have some suspense going. But as I was turning the pages, I was grimacing to find out what was next. There was an exceedingly large portion of icky violent scenes. And by ick, I mean things being ripped off, oozing down, cracking apart etc etc... Another con, would be the psychic-link romance quotient... Yeah, who'd a thought.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Prurient self indulgence
Review: I agree with the review on 13th February. There is a line between good descriptive horror writing and dwelling on the obscene sick details of a scene. Herbert crosses this line. I found the descriptive prose in this book to be overlong to the point of tedious. The tension builds and builds......and builds......and builds and then it just goes away, leaving this reader tired and bored.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Prurient self indulgence
Review: I agree with the review on 13th February. There is a line between good descriptive horror writing and dwelling on the obscene sick details of a scene. Herbert crosses this line. I found the descriptive prose in this book to be overlong to the point of tedious. The tension builds and builds......and builds......and builds and then it just goes away, leaving this reader tired and bored.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: CHECK OUT THIS BOOK!!!!
Review: I got a hold of this book and I must say after the first chapter, I found my heart racing with anticipation of what was to come. It is without a doubt the most terrorfying book I have ever read. James Herbert is as good of a horror writer as Stephen King.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: A Disapoinment, like everything else of his I've read...
Review: I had to read this book as well as "The Haunted" after watching the movie on which, both novels are evidently based. I'm often amazed when a movie is better than the books. And in this case the movie was far superior! In writing, in plot, and pacing, the movie outstrips the books in a way that the author probably finds offensive.

Do not waste precious time on these novels, rent the movie instead. If you must read a suspense novel, particularly a british one, read a great one! I recommend anything by Phil Rickman who is phenomenal to say the very least.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: A Disapoinment, like everything else of his I've read...
Review: I had to read this book as well as "The Haunted" after watching the movie on which, both novels are evidently based. I'm often amazed when a movie is better than the books. And in this case the movie was far superior! In writing, in plot, and pacing, the movie outstrips the books in a way that the author probably finds offensive.

Do not waste precious time on these novels, rent the movie instead. If you must read a suspense novel, particularly a british one, read a great one! I recommend anything by Phil Rickman who is phenomenal to say the very least.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: EXTREMELY predictable, with a climax that makes NO sense
Review: James Herbert has written some decent stories, but this is not one of them. He combines 2 or 3 subplots that are so random and out of left field that his attempts to tie them together at the end with the old "town with a very evil past" premise fail. Combine that with characters whose combined IQ can not be more than 50, and you have one disappointing read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best ghost stories!
Review: Psychic investigator David Ash delves into the mysterious events terrorizing the community of Sleath, and as each dark secret is unveiled, evil forces are unleashed, and Ash fears for his own sanity as well as that of the village people. This one of the best ghost stories ever written, scary, compelling and very well written. One of Herbert's best.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: SpooOOoooky!
Review: The ghosts of sleath is just a terrific book! This begin may not be very trilling, but the tension build up as the story goes on. A reeaally great twisting storyline, with many many many parts to keep you awake at night. The ending is absoulutely one not to be missed. (thats the spooOOookiest part)


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