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Title: Once by James Herbert ISBN: 0-7653-4350-9 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 20 January, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.29 (24 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: WORDY AND UN-ORIGINAL
Comment: In truth, I did read the reviews for this book, but decided to take a chance and buy it anyway. By the time I got to page 40, I felt like I was back in a school--it became 'required' reading instead of pleasure reading. I considered it 'required' because I had paid my money for this book so I was 'required' to read the whole thing.
Soft porn aside, the whole fairy journey was long, boring and unoriginal. The characters were stereotypical: the bad witch Nell vs. the good fairie Jennett. The good 'son' versus the 'bad' one, yada yada yada...
Mr. Herbert has some really nice passages but they got bogged down with too many other passages. And the thing where he put explanations in parenthesis looked like footnotes to himself he didn't bother to work into the story. Disappointing.
Rating: 5
Summary: An unusual but compelling story.
Comment: I really enjoyed this book...a fairytale that's definitely for adults. I enjoyed the dreamlike descriptions just as much as the shockingly graphic parts. An interesting story which intrigued and absorbed me.
If you enjoyed stories about forests and woodland folk as a child and now like horror...this is the book for you!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Who cares what everyone thinks
Comment: I really enjoy a book when I can root for the bad guy. This is one of those books. I cannot stress enough the importence of getting emotionally involved when I read a book. This book did that to me. I laughed, I cried, I did some other stuff(when you read it you will know what I mean)On reading some of the other reviews on this book and others I begin to see a certain trend by reviewers. They review the book like they were professors of literature. I review like a common reader. I loved this book becasue it took me away for awhile into another world. I loved Thoms Faery world. I loved the evil sperm guzzeling witch. the ending could have been better, but hey I'm always dissapointed when a fun ride ends.
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Title: Others by James Herbert ISBN: 0812579046 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Haunted by James Herbert ISBN: 0515103454 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Dark by James Herbert ISBN: 0451155424 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: May, 1988 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Magic Cottage by James Herbert ISBN: 0451401069 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: December, 1988 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: Summer of Night by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0446362662 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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