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'Shaun Hutson is an expert in the art of keeping the reader turning the pages' - TIME OUT
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'For sheer lean, mean page-turning thrills, NECESSARY EVIL is the work of a master'
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this in a ten hour session. One mistake ie Co2 is not flammable.
Also he keeps repeating words, in this one The Younger Man. crops up a lot.
Yes a good long yarn and a gripping read. I did enjoy the book immensly
Also he keeps repeating words, in this one The Younger Man. crops up a lot.
Yes a good long yarn and a gripping read. I did enjoy the book immensly
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book gets off to a fast pace, when an armed gang try to knock off a securicor van, but get more than they bargained for. After this, the pace of the book falls off a lot, and I found the story became quite monotonous at times. I also found it hard to sympathise with the main character. The action does pick up a lot, however, towards the end.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Shaun Hutson’s recent novel “Necessary Evil” is a complete return to form for the ‘Godfather Of Gore’. Obviously highly influenced by the recent events of terrorist attacks, Hutson delivers a powerful and compelling novel. From the very beginning, the reader is thrown into the fast-paced action with copious blood spillage on every page.
The tale moves around the main character Matt Franklin, who’s career is that of a professional criminal. Hutson uses this to create a somewhat cliqued character who resembles a less lawful Sean Doyle (Renegades, White Ghost, Knife Edge, Hybrid). With action and plot twists pumped into each page, it’s very difficult to put the book down once you start reading it.
Being a Hutson fan for many, many years now, I can safely say that this is one of his best novels to date. He has kept the energy and passion to shock and repulse his readers, creating this crossover between a thriller and a horror novel.
Running for a total of 468 pages, “Necessary Evil” is one of the longest novels he has written so far. Still, he manages to keep the tension mounting from early on in the story until the final dramatic conclusion. The novel does include a big flaw at the end involving compressed CO2 which Hutson believes is apparently flammable! However, this does not in anyway detract from the story, but will give the reader a bit of a chuckle.
Well worth picking up, especially if you’ve enjoyed previous Hutson novels.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A flawed page turner
Necessary Evil is the first and only book by Shaun Hutson I've read. It deserves a 4 simply because the story is gripping and makes the book difficult to put down - especially as... Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2008 by Mr. D. J. Bebbington
Fell to bits.
I'm gonna get negative votes for this review, I can feel it. It's like Citizen Kane all over again but I have my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Read more
Published on 30 April 2006 by Mr. A. P. Venables
COMPARISON TO OTHER HUTSON BOOKS
This is clearly the best Shaun Hutson book i have ever read. The story is gripping from the first chapter. It is hard to put down.
Published on 20 April 2006 by H. Diamond
goes from strength to strength
Hutson goes from strength to strength with each new book. in this venture we see him slipping into his old ways with more gore less plot than works such as 'twisted... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2006
An excellent thriller that was literally before its time.
An excellent story by this brilliant author. I had to check the date on the book as some of the events portrayed in the book have only recently just happened. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2005 by "tootheye"
Bloody Good
One of his recent works but an instant classic. From start to finish, Hutson's trademark brutality takes you on a fantastic, corpse-filled adventure with ferocious pace and... Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2005 by "loopylucyuk"
good but not the best
Seems that Shaun is reverting back to his old styles of writing horror but without the shocks and sparks that came from the likes of Relics or White Ghost. Read more
Published on 31 May 2005 by A A Jackson
Fantastic
This is typical of Shaun Hutson's amazing abilities as a writer, from the way he makes it easy for the reader to depict the scene to the way he tells the brutal detail. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2004
Shaun's best novel?
Having read all of Shaun's work, except Hell to pay, and those under pseunodyums, I can honestly say that this is the best I have read. Read more
Published on 27 July 2004 by Boa
Hutson is back!
Hutson's latest couple of books have been a disappointing read, but he is back on form with Necessary Evil.
Let's go.
Published on 12 July 2004
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