- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Pan; 2 edition (7 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330376292
- ISBN-13: 978-0330376297
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 111,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Building to a horrific climax, it's James Herbert's best book yet. But do not read it alone.... especially on a moonlight night' Daily Mirror
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The nightmare begins before you sleep.... He had fled from the terrors of his past, finding refuge in the quietness of the island. And for a time he lived in peace. Until the 'sightings' began, visions of horror seeping into his mind like poisonous tendrils, violent acts that were hideously macabre, the thoughts becoming intense. He witnessed the grotesque acts of another thing, a thing that glorified in murder and mutilation, a monster that soon became aware of the observer within its own mind. And relished contact. A creature that would eventually come to the island to seek him out.... 'Guaranteed to give you nightmares' Daily Mail Remember with fear...
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a classic James Herbert Book, from the plot to the characters and the writing style. It's edgy and tense with an unsettling dark thread featuring murder, mystery and paranormal abilities. The island setting and the descriptive passages combine to make you feel the pressure and check the windows and doors are shut! It's a jolly good read, but perhaps not late at night...on your own.
Format:Paperback
Having previously read books such as "The Fog", "The Rats" and "The Dark" by Herbert, I found this book to be very different from the type of storie he has written in the past. The other books focuses on gore, violence and mass-destruction, whereas Moon tended to be more syspence-and-mystery type horror.
Jonathan Childes is a physic who helps the police investigate matters such as child murder. When he is called to an island to investigate strange goings on he witnesses a series of brutal murders, and shares a frightening psychic connection to the killer.
Good story when kept me gripped and had a good ending.
Jonathan Childes is a physic who helps the police investigate matters such as child murder. When he is called to an island to investigate strange goings on he witnesses a series of brutal murders, and shares a frightening psychic connection to the killer.
Good story when kept me gripped and had a good ending.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Moon is a story about a psychic called Jonathan Childes who had previously helped the police solve a series of child murders, but sceptical of his own abilities and hounded by the press has abandoned his family and fled to the Channel Islands. After a few years of quiet Childes starts receiving visions of the acts of a new serial killer, only this killer shares his psychic ability, becomes aware of Childe's presence, and tracks him down to the Channel Islands to exact revenge...
This is a well-written novel, and contains some suitably grotesque imagery, but despite the psychic power angle this isn't too far removed from all the other thousands of 'hunt down the serial killer' books and movies out there. The characterisation of Childes is a step above that of the usual rather generic 'loner with a troubled past' Herbert hero, but conversely the development of the serial killer's character is minimal - Herbert chooses to keep the killer undefined for as long as possible so he can reveal a Dario Argento-style twist when Childes finally meets them at the climax, but the killer motivation (a lunatic in the deepest sense of the word) seems rather threadbare and generic.
Still, an enjoyable read, with some effective set pieces (particularly a harrowing fire that breaks out at one of the schools Childes teaches at), Moon is a good horror/ thriller book - but it just doesn't have enough originality to make it a great one.
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Moon
Having read several of James Herbert's books I was pretty sure that this would be a book worth reading , and I was not disappointed . Read more
Published 14 months ago by Anthony Cattani
M O O N, That Spells Moon
A hero who sees ghostly visions is not a particularly new idea so it takes a good author to retread old ground. Read more
Published on 9 April 2010 by Sam
Well Worth A Read
Even though this book was published some twenty years ago, I only picked up a copy of it last year and read it. Read more
Published on 31 July 2008 by Darren G. Burton
Well written but weak
Some books have brilliant plots but lack quality of writing. This is exactly the opposite. The plot (or lack of it) is boring and disjointed, and fails to create tension like so... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2007 by carl bryan
A good read with an interesting twist
This book has had some quite scathing reviews on this website and indeed some of them are justified. It is not a classic nor is it completely original. Read more
Published on 20 July 2006 by Nostromo
What a load of utter rubbish!!!!!
I have only read one of Herbert's books before this one The Fog and quite enjoyed it. However I have just finished this load of nonsense and it has turned me off reading any more. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2005 by P. Hagerty
Goodish but not great
This book was okay, towards the end I got gripped for awhile but when I reached the end it was a let down. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2004
A let down
Have you ever read a book and then seen the film or mini-series, and get mad because it completely ruins the book and misses the point? Read more
Published on 22 July 2004 by "carlchrystan"
NOTHING TO MOON OVER...
Having read "The Fog", an absolutely terrific book by this author, I looked forward to reading this one. Read more
Published on 3 July 2003 by Lawyeraau
It should be taken to the moon and left there..
Don't get me wrong, I think James Herbert is a fantastic writer..when he wants to be. But what the hell is THIS ? Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2001 by reznor84666@aol.com
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