Simon

Very enjoyable apocalyptic tale with flying killer cat bats

utterly brilliant. There is no light in this book, only darkness.

Is there a dead body under your sceptic tank?

The 5th book in the Merrily Watkins series and without doubt the darkest so far. There's a hell of lot going on here... Serial Killers, sightings of angels, alien abduction, folk music, electro-hypersensitivity, black magic, tractor envy, but it's the introduction of Fred & Rose west that cast the biggest shadow over the story. Lots of threads, lots and lots of threads and lots and lots of characters with everything neatly tied up with a Scooby Dooish ending.

I think these books are amazing and hugely satisfying, it's like being wrapped in your favourite mufflements with an endless supply of tea and posh biscuits. Slow paced yes, but sometimes that's a good thing.

bleak and utterly unloveable

meh

thoroughly enjoyed this

i can see why people dont like this book but i thought it was good. if you like tv shows like lost you will probably like it too.

a bit boring to be honest

better than the last one.

Call the midwife with a ghost instead of midwives.

Just boring. The promise of an evil midget failed to bring any excitement. The story with the body in the boot is just ridiculous

women with a large penis tries to resurrect evil hobgoblin by killing fair maidens

brilliant classic ghost story

just terrible

Without doubt the greatest british horror writer alive today.

disappointing end to the trilogy

I was going to give this 3 stars but the final 2 chapters are brilliant and nudged it up to a four.

enjoyed it. not as good as child 44 but still very enjoyable.

The ideas concept of this book is brilliant but the writing is a bit pants in places.

most satisfying read in a long time

just ok for me exciting in parts tideously boring in others

I hated the main character. If you liked the film Gravity then you will probably like this book but if like me, you thought Gravity was just Poseidon Adventure in space then you probably won't.

This is one of the books I read while doing the horrible commute on the rickety metro system between Newcastle & Sunderland. Probably not really concentrating, often falling asleep, sat next to a dribbling man or an insane whistler. To be honest I couldn't really remember much about it, hence the 2nd read.

All I can say is, WTF!! WTAF!! First half is peak Nevill, the horror is real, loneliness, desperation, feelings of failure, a life on the verge of a breakdown held together with a little bit of hope and a sympathetic boss called Leonard. Then we take a sharp turn into insanity. We've got dolls, stuffed animals, lots of rats, medieval music, vintage torture porn and poor lighting. Not going to lie, it's not an easy read, in fact it's quite an uncomfortable read. The ending does tie everything up quite nicely but getting there sure is trippy and maybe the trippiness overshadows some of the reveals at the end.

1st re-read of the year.
I remember being really excited when this book first came out (10 years ago), and then remember being a little bit underwhelmed, I wanted the same magic as The Terror & Drood but this felt bogged down with way too much detail

I kind of stand by my original 3 stars, I think this time I was able to lose myself in the book a little more, but a large part of the first 300 pages feels like a real chore, a mountaineering equipment sermon if you like. Part 2 & 3 are much better the action moves on swiftly and there are some brilliantly written perilous moments on mount Everest, in fact it all feels a little bit Alistair Maclean. Part 3 is called The Abominable. What could it possibly mean? Well I tell you this... It is definitely NOT what you think.

The start is rushed, the middle is good and 200 pages from the end you can guess what is going to happen. This book is just good, but for me a good Stephen king book is just not good enough.