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Summary: I Loved The Book, But I Was Duped By The Movie!
Review: After watching the movie, Haunted on IFC, I was determined to purchase the book. Needless to say, the movie is a bit different from the book, but I was not disappointed. James Herbert has truly mastered his craft and I look forward to becoming more familiar with his work. My recommendation, do NOT watch the movie before reading the book. Otherwise, you will be left wondering if you overlooked a few chapters.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: An excellent book. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Never overly verbose.
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Summary: Read This Book
Review: Another example of James Herbert's excellent grasp of horror. This time the ending is perfect - simply gruesome and horrifying without the excessive gore. There is also a great twist in storyline. Cool bedtime reading.
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Summary: disappointed--big time!
Review: David Ash is a paranormal investigator haunted by the childhood death of his sister, he finds escape at the bottom of a bottle. David is sent to debunk the claims of a haunting at the estate of the mysterious Mariell family. While there he is forced to confront his own demons while battling malevolent manifestations in the home. This character also appears in Herbert's "Ghosts of Sleath."Well if you've seen "The Sixth Sense" or "The Others," (Not Herbert's "Others) you pretty much know what's coming by the first few pages. Unfortunately, the element of surprise is the entire foundation of the book, it's what the suspense is building to. With that gone, there are no engaging characters, no sense of atmosphere, nothing to really hold the interest. Worst yet, when David falls in love it annoyed me, as there seemed no basis for it except to up the stakes for the "surprise" ending.
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Summary: Deja Boo!
Review: David Ash is a paranormal investigator haunted by the childhood death of his sister, he finds escape at the bottom of a bottle. David is sent to debunk the claims of a haunting at the estate of the mysterious Mariell family. While there he is forced to confront his own demons while battling malevolent manifestations in the home. This character also appears in Herbert's "Ghosts of Sleath." Well if you've seen "The Sixth Sense" or "The Others," (Not Herbert's "Others) you pretty much know what's coming by the first few pages. Unfortunately, the element of surprise is the entire foundation of the book, it's what the suspense is building to. With that gone, there are no engaging characters, no sense of atmosphere, nothing to really hold the interest. Worst yet, when David falls in love it annoyed me, as there seemed no basis for it except to up the stakes for the "surprise" ending.
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Summary: Again, an impressive master-piece from the master
Review: Haunted had me hooked on every word and gave appropriate chills to keep me reading. Although some of the twists were hinted to hard which gave the reader time to figure out some of the story and hence, diminish the chill-factor. But none the less, great read!
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Summary: One of the only truly "chilling" ghost stories I have read.
Review: Haunted is the first James Herbert book I ever read, and I was hooked immediately. Like all of James Herbert's books, Haunted manages to thoroughly "blow you away" in the last few pages without killing all the good characters to do it. I always get cold chills at the surprise endings of James Herbert's books, and this is, in my opinion, his best. The movie is great, but read the book first, then read The Ghosts of Sleath (it's a sequal).
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Summary: One of the only truly "chilling" ghost stories I have read.
Review: Haunted is the first James Herbert book I ever read, and I was hooked immediately. Like all of James Herbert's books, Haunted manages to thoroughly "blow you away" in the last few pages without killing all the good characters to do it. I always get cold chills at the surprise endings of James Herbert's books, and this is, in my opinion, his best. The movie is great, but read the book first, then read The Ghosts of Sleath (it's a sequal).
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Summary: This book had some truly chilling moments.
Review: I got this book at a book fair for a buck so I got my money's worth of chills out of it and then some. I don't know what that other reader is complaining about The Others and Sixth Sense for as this book was written way before those movies ever came out!! If anything they copied him. I loved it and it gave me quite a few scary moments. Especially the pond scenes, and the last scene of the book with Mr. Ash was also chilling. So I do recommend this book to anyone who likes eerie little stories of things that go bump in the night, or the day as the case may be.
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Summary: This book had some truly chilling moments.
Review: I got this book at a book fair for a buck so I got my money's worth of chills out of it and then some. I don't know what that other reader is complaining about The Others and Sixth Sense for as this book was written way before those movies ever came out!! If anything they copied him. I loved it and it gave me quite a few scary moments. Especially the pond scenes, and the last scene of the book with Mr. Ash was also chilling. So I do recommend this book to anyone who likes eerie little stories of things that go bump in the night, or the day as the case may be.
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