![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s more of a feeling than anything else, and Herbert does a great job of establishing that slow but unsettling dread that creeps up over time. She also started to be the source of a number of other miracles, and so people started flocking to the little village that she lived in to get a little slice of that miracle pie.īut all is not what it seems, and as time goes on, it becomes more and more apparent that there’s a dark side to the miracles. The plot itself follows a young girl who was deaf/mute but who miraculously regained the gift of speech. It felt as though he was just including them for the sake of including them, knowing that a certain percentage of his readers are into that sort of thing, but at least he didn’t use awkward phrasing like “most wetness” or “engorged shaft”. There are also a few sex scenes in it that actually worked quite well, though I’m not sure how necessary they were to the plot. I’d say that it’s more like Crickley Hall than The Rats, in that it doesn’t have as much blood and gore and that it’s more about the slow but sure buildup of a threat. Sure, it might not be as thrilling or as high-octane as some of his other books, but it’s still a cracking read. James Herbert is always good, and this book is no exception. ![]()
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