The Rats | 
pickI loved how characters were pretty nicely fleshed out, not too common thing in this genre.
Atmosphere was horrid! I could really feel the horror and fear that characters were feeling. Ending was also great xD
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pickIn this episode, I review the splatterpunk classic, "The Rats" click to watch!
https://youtu.be/hX7rKIfvmlU
The Rats by James Herbert is a chiller thriller horror novel featuring killer rats.
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Thank you @Marmie7 for all the books and goodies in my #creepychristmas swap!!! I have so many spooky books to keep me company through the cold season now📚I‘ve been looking forward to reading ‘The Rats‘ as a former rat owner, and love that this copy has an intro by Neil Gaiman! Wonderful chocolates, and omg the Beetlejuice🪲🪲🪲stickers are absolutely fantastic!!Thank you so much for everything!!!
Thank you @teebe for hosting such a fun swap!
2020 is the year of the rat and our book club devoted roughly half our reading to rat/rodent related horror (sometimes it was a stretch). We started January off strong with this 1974 classic. Herbert‘s empathy for his characters/victims and commentary on class in England stand out in this gruesome little creature feature. And there is a monster rat at the end that has haunted us for ten months!
pickAs of today this is the first book I've finished in a very long time, I and absolutely loved it from start to finished it even mad a new love for reading this time of genres, and the author wrote this amazing, keeping mme engaged and guessing what next when I couldn't put it down but had to. Now to lair and domian.
The Rats was so good, one of the most horrid horror novels I've ever read; it was just disgusting.
But I've never read it's sequels, I have Lair though - the second book; any fans of this trilogy?
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so-soThis one has been on my TBR pile for far too long....I enjoyed reading something different but this is a bit too gory for me! 🤢 🐀
pick1st book of 2020‘s Year of the Rat 🐀: Started off strong with James Herbert‘s classic THE RATS. It‘s a gory, well-paced, thrilling tale of mutant rats attacking 1970s London. There‘s tons of violence, but the horror the reader feels often comes from a place of empathy for the down-and-out folks who have suffered so much already from the disdain of society.
pickI enjoyed this despite the pacing feeling a bit slow at times. The concept is terrifying. Herbert does a good job of being squicky without having too much gore. I'm definitely intrigued enough to read the next two books.
pickBook 2 of my #24in48 #readathon
I've always kinda enjoyed this book. It's short, simple, and doesn't seem to want to do anything except entertain and possibly gross out the reader!
Book 2 for #24in48
As you can see my the state of this edition, I've had it for many years and read it quite a few times, haha. This was one of the first horror novels I read as a kid that got me into the genre.
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Can't wait to start this horror series about RATS 😱 James Herbert is known for good horror so this will be an interesting take on some killer rats!
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so-soThis was Herbert's 1st novel. Whether that's the reason but this felt amateurish. The characters were hollow & the plot quite silly (the MC, an art teacher, somehow knows better than all the experts and scientists and is given government secrets because he seems trustworthy). There's a lot of gory fun in here (the train chapter was intense) but the rats featured so much, after 100 pages it got a bit repetitive. Fun but too silly.
1) Zombies
2) Werewolves
3) Witches
4) Demonic Possession
5) Little scary
6) Rats - James Herbert
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pick🐀 Fun 70's horror that reads like a movie. 🐀 #birthdaychallenge #1974
Finally settled on my #1974 book for the #birthdaychallenge. It even has an intro by Neil Gaiman.
I absolutely love The Works! All of these for a tenner! Can't wait to get stuck in 😍
