The Survivor

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Summary: Not one of Herbert's best
Review: Having read most of Herbert's works, I found Survivor lacking some of the elements that have attracted me towards his writing over the years. In Survivor, once again, you have a middle age male heroin. However, in this novel, things are a little abnormal as instead of trying to save the world from a supernatural phenomenon, he is searching for some kind of inner truth in why he was a survivor of a deadly plane crash. For its time (1976), the concept of the novel was original and reflecting back, I enjoyed the premise. However, I found reading the novel quite taxing and I struggled to finish it. If you enjoy Herbert, try reading the Fog, Shrine, or the Rats trilogy. I enjoyed these novels much more than Survivor.

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Summary: Don't Miss This Book
Review: I travelled to England to find a copy of this book, which has been out of print for a while. But it's well worth it. The twist at the end is unexpected to say the least.

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Summary: Very good read!
Review: I usually don't read horror,but would highly recommend this book! It was hard to put down & I was suprised at the way it ended. A++

Rating:
Summary: Very good read!
Review: I usually don't read horror,but would highly recommend this book! It was hard to put down & I was suprised at the way it ended. A++

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Summary: Creepy horror thriller
Review: I was 9 years old when this paperback first came out in 1976 and I'll never forget the cover. It was all black with a severed doll's head on it staring out with luminescent evil eyes. I was already a horror fan at that age, but I still hadn't put all my childhood fears away, and I remember putting the book face down several times because the eyes on the cover gave me the heebie jeebies. When I finally got around to reading it, it wasn't quite as scary as the cover, but it was a fun read from Britain's master James Herbert and genuinely creepy... A man finds himself the sole survivor of an airplane crash that kills hundreds. He is left with a confusion of memories and a survivor's guilt that pushes him to investigate the crash. What he finds is something reaching out from the grave and a shocking revelation... I've been a Herbert fan every since I read his amazing (and incredibly violent) THE DARK. This isn't up to the same calibur as that book but it's a quick, fun read and has a very creepy feel to it. Recommended for horror fans. (And if you can get a copy of the first paperback edition, you'll see what I mean about the cover!)

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Summary: Not One of Herbert's Better Efforts
Review: The first half of the book is very interesting but the ending is a big big disappointment. It seems that the ending did not match the build up of the first two thirds of the book. One expected a thrilling finale but to the extreme disappointment of this reader got a ... B-movie type finish. Herbert's Rats trilogy is easily a much more interesting read and to my opinion the best books he's written to date.