false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174425761m/397862.jpg 397862 14 Horror master James Herbert serves up a blend of faerie, supernatural chills, eroticism, and identity quest in <I>Once...</I>--a fairy tale with a darker side. <p> Thom Kindred suffers a stroke and returns to his childhood home to heal. Castle Bracken seems like a pastoral paradise, but almost immediately, Thom begins to experience strange things, both beautiful and frightening. Soon, he finds himself the inexplicable target of hostile magic, even as he begins to recover his childhood ability to perceive the creatures of faerie that inhabit the land. As he struggles to heal, Thom finds himself at the center of a cataclysmic struggle between good and evil that demands all his physical and spiritual strength to survive. <p> Herbert's fans may find this story, with its bare-bones plot and extended descriptions of the faerie world, slower-moving and more predictable than his more energetic works <I>Others</I> and <I>The Fog</I>). Explicit sex and scenes of Herbert's trademark disturbing horror (including every arachnophobe's nightmare) make this a fairy tale strictly for adults. <I>--Roz Genessee</I> 1695673 2001 Once... total:214|5:52|4:68|3:56|2:25|1:13| 214 763 298 24 1 1 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 21 07:55:12 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 24 06:24:14 -0700 2009 Once by James Herbert was more than a little disappointing. Yes, I had read other reviews first and they were all pretty consistent about this book... sucking. Yet I still hoped for more. The synopsis sounded great and I really liked James Herbert's Haunted. And from the synopsis, I was hoping for s...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 25 09:56:42 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 24 18:07:57 -0800 2009
James Herbert creates likeable characters and intriguing suspense with relaistic and believable fantasy. I do, however, think that he plugs in the gaps with non-stop sex scenes - Nell and Thom twiceish, Nel...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 08 01:00:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 20:11:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 00:06:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 00:35:05 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 27 10:21:23 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 10:22:36 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Sep 08 06:38:38 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 06:43:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Mar 17 10:26:08 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 10:27:47 -0700 2009 lost count 5 0 false false Sun Aug 23 08:23:29 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 08:25:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 25 15:10:11 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 15:11:19 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Feb 08 09:28:08 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 09:28:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 10:14:14 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 21:59:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 02 18:43:01 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 18:50:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 27 18:46:42 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 21 10:52:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Mar 25 09:03:20 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 21 10:44:13 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 25 09:03:20 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 10:35:34 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 14:03:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue May 12 20:31:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 14:06:29 -0700 2009 you know that before the book is over he is gonna bust out some fucked up scenes. "Once" did not dissapoint =)]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 22 05:13:05 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 05:14:40 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 07:27:45 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 09:09:51 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jul 22 03:59:05 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 04:00:27 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Sep 11 13:10:11 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 13:10:56 -0700 2007 mentally scarred.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=397862