James Herbert - The Secret Of Crickley Hall

sunbear · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject:

Well I'm glad I got this from the library as its pretty hard going. Its nearly six hundred pages long...why?.. nothing much happens in it. Oh for the glory days of Mr Herbert when his stories were inventive and fair raced along.

staceylc · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject:

I quite enjoyed it. I think I may have put a review on it here, but then again I may not have done.

My favourite of his was the one about the plane crash in Windsor.
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sunbear · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject:

Yes thats a good one...The Survivor. I like most of his early stuff. I like the fact that his stories are set in the UK and have a sense of place.

His early works while not great literature, are good horror. I enjoyed the rats trilogy and The Fog, Shrine, Haunted but my favourite is not even horror its Fluke, the book being not quite as disneylike as the film.

Chelseagirl · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

I have read most of his books.
The are great.
I loved the Rats Triology, Fluke, Magic Cottage, Survior, what was the one based in Cornwall called??

snowqueen4 · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:07 am Post subject:

I am in the middle of Crickley Hall - what a good easy read too

Its the first I have ever read of James Herbert- are they all similar as I am really enjoying his book ??

hilda · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject:

this one aint so scary, me sons reading it
its ok,,,,,,,,,, but annoying,,,,,,
james herbert can be really scarey sometimes and otehrs, just middle of the road, ive read most of his
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snowqueen4 · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:16 am Post subject:

Finished it this morn - early. Was one of my better reads in recent months :)

I went into Ottakers to look at his others - sooooooooooooo many to choose from deceided to research first . Are there any others in his colection similar to Crickley Hall?

hilda · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject:

magic cottage is not too hard on the eyes,,,,,,,,,,, some a really scarey,,,,,,,, that one was about a 5,,,,,,,,
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shorty · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject:

oh I read all his books. I enjoyed Crickley hall but not as much as some. The Magic Cottage was ace!!!!

Scarlett · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject:

Oh dear Sunbear, I read the title and thought "great" because I bought this book last week in the second hand shop...........thought you were going to say how good it was.............................

Will give it a go but I must say his standard has been dropping for a while now, he used to be brilliant.

sunbear · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:23 am Post subject:

Well opinion seems divided. I checked the reviews on Amazon and some are giving it five stars, personally I'll give it one and a half. I've read all his books so I've got a Herbert yardstick to measure it by and for me it falls near the bottom of the pile of his novels.