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Summary: Herbert's The Dark is The Fog redux.
Review: James Herbert largely repeats himself with this tale of darkness, instead of fog, driving Londoners to madness and murder. Well if it isn't broke why bother to fix it, or even polish it up? Quibbles regarding lack of original concept aside, this novel has some powerful moments in it that will certainly stick with you, for that alone I give it four stars instead of three.
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Summary: Herbert's The Dark is The Fog redux.
Review: James Herbert largely repeats himself with this tale of darkness, instead of fog, driving Londoners to madness and murder. Well if it isn't broke why bother to fix it, or even polish it up? Quibbles regarding lack of original concept aside, this novel has some powerful moments in it that will certainly stick with you, for that alone I give it four stars instead of three.
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Summary: dark repitions
Review: okay. herbert is a talented writer. good descriptions at times. but that's not enough. this book is supposed to center around the plot. it does not. instead there are a lot of unnecessary murders and murderers described. the plot develops slooooowly. sorry.
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Summary: "The Dark" is Herbert's best.
Review: Short and sweet. James Herbert is a best selling author due to his many apocalyptic horror novels. And this is his "best" by far, in my opinion. Similar to 'The Fog' in tone, it is different because the mass madness does not come from external forces. It surges out from the very souls of the characters who become one with the *Dark*. They have chosen to embrace the evilness of their natures. We all have two sides of our personality. But are we really secure in the knowledge that we would head towards the *Light* when given the chance? Are you sure?
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Summary: True to it's Genre
Review: The Dark by James Herbert is a true horror novel in its premise, development and description. This novel capture you from the get go and never let's up.
Directly on par with Herbert's usual formula, this novel has an ordinary-Joe male hero trying to determine the nature of the supernatural events that surround him.
The Dark is extremely similar to another one of Herbert's classics - the Fog. For North American readers, the diction and setting may prove to be a little difficult to relate to as it takes place in England (the norm for Herbert).
If you want a really good scare complete with grotesque and vivid descriptions, give it a whirl.
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Summary: Be afraid...
Review: The premise of 'The Dark' is whether madness and extreme actions are triggered by external forces or whether they are emitted from the very soul. In this novel, Herbert has determined that the impulses are wholly voluntary and come from the characters who become one with 'The Dark'. Of the two sides of their personae, they have freely chosen to embrace the dark side and ignore 'The Light'. As with all good Herbert novels, the premise is expanded. In The Dark, London eventually becomes a killing ground for the cult of 'The Dark' and, when a small group of parapsychologists fails to stop the force, a state of emergency is declared. The Dark contains some of Herbert's most frightening and disturbing images. As usual he manages to avoid gratuitous blood and guts, but there's still no shortage in this novel.The ending seemed a little rushed, hence four stars. But still worth reading
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Summary: Violent and shocking!!!
Review: This is my all time favorite James Herbert book. It starts out on a `Bright, Sunny day' and has one heck of a death toll. Mass suicides, mass murders, rape, shootings, gore galore!
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Summary: creepy and fantastic
Review: This is my first James Herbert novel and I must say that I loved every page of it! There is a lurking creepiness to the story, and it reminds you how savage people can realy be. This is a book I'd love to see converted into a movie!
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Summary: It was the book that got me hooked of J. Herbert.
Review: This is my personal favorite of all his books. (and I've read thim all!) Scariest thing I ever read. Very graphic and well written.
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Summary: Grisly horror
Review: Whoa, baby. You want horror, here, you got it. This is a book that attempts to do actual physical violence to you. I read _The Dark_ after Ramsey Campbell's _The Hungry Moon_, which has a similar idea, and was a little disappointed that Herbert wasn't able to extract much terror out of the simple idea of the *lights going out*, as Campbell does. Felt like an idea gone begging. But Herbert is a much more... visual writer, and this book gets you in many other ways. Recommended.
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