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Native Rites (Paperback)

by David Hewson (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 440 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (17 April 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006513581
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006513582
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 628,662 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Fabulous countryside chiller -- Hewson's most accessible, suspenseful novel yet. A young couple move to the country. The husband Miles commutes each day to the city, leaving his wife Alison to get to know the locals, many of whom are frankly not all that friendly. At weekends, Miles, oblivious to his wife's concerns, loves to be 'one of the lads' in the pub. November comes, and with it the ancient bonfire festival. Alison could have been drunk, but she feels certain that she saw something terrible happen at the fire. And her husband was involved. Paranoia? Or a murder that an entire village has conspired in?

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Suspend reality and enjoy the ride, 25 Aug 2005
By A Customer
I cantered easily through this little volume over two days on holiday in the French countryside. I was not looking for great literature; I did not seek intellectual challenge. What I was hoping for was a holiday page-turner with enough innovation and pace to keep me involved. The book is thoroughly entertaining and who care's if it's far-fetched? Escapism is the name of the game with this type of novel.

If I have a criticism it's that the pace is just a bit too hectic, but that's a minor point. The characters are well-drawn (though necessarily superficial) and generally pretty credible, if only because, generally speaking, they're not very nice and are prepared cheerfully to do the dirty on each other without any apparent trace of conscience.

The plot is sufficiently subtle to be tolerably unpredicable. Possibly because it builds on folk memory, the story is oddly believable, even if you have seen The Wicker Man! On the whole, I was quite glad to be reading it in a French village, where they certainly wouldn't get up to that sort of thing. Or would they?

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3.0 out of 5 stars Wicker Man?, 18 Sep 2000
By Gareth Ross "gorfy" - See all my reviews
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More than a passing remblance to Wicker Man, this is a fairly satisfying read which does leave a bit of a nasty taste in the mouth. I, for one, shuddered inwardly when I drove through a typical English village after finishing the book. However, I did feel the book jumped from one event to another, with very little by way of explanation in between. The heroine of the story was involved in at least five potentially life changing events even before the climax, and appeared to sail through these without any analysis by the author on how she felt, or what she was thinking. I know people have a remarkable capacity for adapting, and "getting on" with things but this was verging on the ridiculous.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth a read, 13 Sep 2000
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An unusual tale of witchcraft in modern day England...or is it witchcraft ? A young couple inherit a large house in a small village which is supposedly near Canterbury. Everything is just perfect until they start to meet the neighbours. The book is well written and contains a mixture of suspense, horror and eroticism. I thought it was going to have a predictable ending but it is not what you would expect. The book is well worth a read and it will certainly make you want to look twice when you next pass through a small English Village.
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