![]() We meet several people especially early on who are given a rich background of how they’ve come to be in their current situation, some make it and some don’t making every chapter exciting reading. The best thing Herbert does in this book is giving every character a background even ones that don’t stick around that long, he writes to make us understand the feelings and type of person each character is even if their purpose is to only see out one chapter. ![]() Little does he realise he’ll soon be plonked right into the middle of the battle against the giant rats, I always enjoy a story with an unlikely hero, a normal bloke come good and Harris more than fits that description. Herbert does an excellent job of fleshing out the characters very quickly especially the main character Harris, a teacher who first hears about rats attacking people from one of his pupils and then in the news. This book clocks in at a very low 187 pages but don’t let that put you off it’s crammed with great and horrible scenes. A few days ago I saw loads of James Herbert books there I decided to buy them, for the three Rats books it was £2.50p well worth a buy. There’s a second hand shop in the town I live in which is made up of small units and people chuck their stuff into the unit and you can pick up and buy anything at the main till. ![]() I’d heard of James Herbert and I’d also heard that The Rats was a pretty damn good read. I must admit I’ve not read that many horror books, I mostly stick to fantasy and autobiography books. ![]()
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