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Hater (Hater #1)
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David Moody (Goodreads Author)
Soon to be a major motion picture—produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by J.A. Bayona
REMAIN CALM DO NOT PANIC TAKE SHELTER WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL Society is rocked by a sudden increase in the number of violent assaults on individuals. Christened 'Haters' by the media, the attackers strike without warning, killing all who cr
Hardcover, 281 pages
Published
February 17th 2009
by Thomas Dunne Books
(first published July 17th 2006)
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I don't want to say anything about this book because it will probably give away something if I do. I think that Alfonso should read it, because I'm a little worried that he might not have a contingency plan in place for this scenario. Maybe people of the Haters group should too, just because it has some interesting ideas on hate. If this is made into a movie properly it could be totally fucking amazing. If it's not then it will be stupid Hollywood shit.
A nice book to read on Vale...more
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4.5
It's difficult for me to explain this book without giving away something vital. Hater is almost a modern take on a zombie tale, but not quite -- it's more than that, a not-zombie book: there are no undead, rotting and roaming the streets, but the atmosphere is the same. There's the same Us vs. Them mentality, and the same mindless brutality, but for all its similarities, Hater is also worlds apart. In straightforward zombie stories, you just have this unknown motivation (brains...more
It's difficult for me to explain this book without giving away something vital. Hater is almost a modern take on a zombie tale, but not quite -- it's more than that, a not-zombie book: there are no undead, rotting and roaming the streets, but the atmosphere is the same. There's the same Us vs. Them mentality, and the same mindless brutality, but for all its similarities, Hater is also worlds apart. In straightforward zombie stories, you just have this unknown motivation (brains...more
i know exactly which side i fall on. and i am ready.
It’s US versus THEM with no idea whose side you’re one until it’s too late! What a twisted world. I was completely captivated by this story. It felt very similar to a zombie book without the walking undead if that makes any sense… No? Well if you read it (and I suggest you do) then it will. :)
We follow one man, Danny, who is discontented with his job, his family situation and life in general. There were times at the beginning of the novel when he was frustrated with kids pulli...more
We follow one man, Danny, who is discontented with his job, his family situation and life in general. There were times at the beginning of the novel when he was frustrated with kids pulli...more
Top notch zombie writing here. This is an interesting new take on an old genre. All zombie books & movies are usually trying to make a broader societal comment(consumerism & consumption is most common). This one make me think of the radicalization of religions or the religious. Fun, Fast and worth the ride, I can't wait for the sequel
The first half of this novel is awesome! We are introduced to a protagonist, father of three, who we follow through the beginnings and heat of a "hater" invasion - people who essentially lose their humanity and feel it is their obligation/duty to kill those that are not like them. Interspersed throughout Danny's story is little vignettes about various hater innocents taking place in the country. Those little stories are very suspenseful and really help the reader get a sense of what th...more
Hater was self-published online in 2006 by author David Moody. It became, we are told in the dust jacket copy, an internet phenomenon and Moody--who apparently is a great self-promoter--sold the movie rights, sans agent, to Guillermo del Toro.
I'm here to tell you, folks, that just because something is an "internet phenomenon," and just because a great director has the ability to recognize a good movie within a story, doesn't mean that story will translate into a great book...more
I'm here to tell you, folks, that just because something is an "internet phenomenon," and just because a great director has the ability to recognize a good movie within a story, doesn't mean that story will translate into a great book...more
Paranoia at its Finest
Hater is a great mixture of a lot of themes in recent popular culture mediums. Similarities can be drawn between widespread viruses, zombies, war, and near Armageddon scenarios. However, while this book seems similar to many movies (28 days later, I Am Legend, etc.), Hater is still a unique book with a compelling and equally unique storyline.
Hater is a narrative told from the perspective of a father and husband in a world that, day by day, becomes mo...more
Hater is a great mixture of a lot of themes in recent popular culture mediums. Similarities can be drawn between widespread viruses, zombies, war, and near Armageddon scenarios. However, while this book seems similar to many movies (28 days later, I Am Legend, etc.), Hater is still a unique book with a compelling and equally unique storyline.
Hater is a narrative told from the perspective of a father and husband in a world that, day by day, becomes mo...more
I am a Vampire fan first and foremost and through my love of all things dark and broody I picked up my first Zombie novel. I was hooked as started reading, I have loved the odd Zombie movie in the past but through my search for Virus/Peak oil/Survival books I have now found my new love!
I picked up Haters in Waterstones and from the blurb couldn't wait to get started. It took me 2.5 days to finish and I immediately downloaded number 2 of the trilogy Dogblood and Them or us the final boo...more
I picked up Haters in Waterstones and from the blurb couldn't wait to get started. It took me 2.5 days to finish and I immediately downloaded number 2 of the trilogy Dogblood and Them or us the final boo...more
Raw, seething, instinctual rage courses through the blood of every human being. Although the vast majority of the population never acts on this urge, we have all certainly felt pure rage at one point in our lives. David Moody's novel Hater explores what would happen if that sobering voice in the back of our head was extinguished and we were free to act on every violent whim. Meet Danny McCoyne: husband, father, working stiff. Danny's life is remarkably ordinary; he has a job that doesn't pay...more
David Moody's says that he was brought up on a diet of trashy novels, and it shows in his writing. He's captured the essence of the penny dreadful - Hater is an easy read, with no message, or theme, or even significant character progression. But what it has in spades is twists, turns and surprises built upon a drama that unfolds and rises in pitch-perfect tension. It's a real page turner, and a perfect novel for a long train ride or flight. If you like these kinds of novels, especially ones litt...more
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You know, I think it’d be easy to dismiss David Moody’s “Hater” as a book about zombies. (Which, anyone who knows me well, knows is a big draw for me…and speaking of which…the second season of “Walking Dead” starts this Sunday!)
Slow to start — and slow to build up — the basic premise is this: there’s a sudden increase in random violent assaults by people the media dub as “Haters.”
These Haters strike without warning — and in several of the chapters, Moody starts off with a sna...more
Slow to start — and slow to build up — the basic premise is this: there’s a sudden increase in random violent assaults by people the media dub as “Haters.”
These Haters strike without warning — and in several of the chapters, Moody starts off with a sna...more
I assumed I was reading a zombie book, given the blurb on the back of the book and from some reviews I'd read. This definitely isn't a zombie book. Instead, it is a well-conceived story on social hatred maybe caused by the telltale signs of modern-day living: dead-end jobs, asshole bosses, frustrating family life and too much TV. I didn't like the vignettes at the beginning of each day. I liked the concept of them (a little "Six Feet Under"-esque), but they weren't clever enough and th...more
Hater is a very disturbing look at society and human nature. It’s interesting to me is that we, as the reader, are privy from the beginning to the fact that there is obviously something more going on than just random acts of violence. But the way the characters in the book react to it is pretty much right on, I believe. How often do we see atrocities on the news and just sit a shake our heads, tsk-taking the perpetrators? Now, what if those acts continued to occur? Well, that’s not too hard to ...more
With a slow start, we fallow the daily life of the main character, Danny, a straight forward and disappointing life at that. One that he clearly unhappy with. In the opening scene he witnesses an attack on an elderly woman, although it is quickly sorted, he is seemingly unfazed, along with the next few attacks that he witnesses. Each time he is shaken, maybe a little surprised, but he doesn't think any thing of it. As patterns start to appear, he argues with his wife about if they are in fact wa...more
I thought this was an interesting book, if somewhat confusing at times.
The portrayal of a man worn down by his dead end job and frustrated with his home life was painfully honest. I've been in that kind of rut before where you literally dread Mondays. I feel his wife's pain, too. Taking care of 3 kids is no doubt exhausting.
I was really surprised at how he spoke to his kids though. My parents may have told me to be quiet but they never told me to shut up. I'm sure the...more
The portrayal of a man worn down by his dead end job and frustrated with his home life was painfully honest. I've been in that kind of rut before where you literally dread Mondays. I feel his wife's pain, too. Taking care of 3 kids is no doubt exhausting.
I was really surprised at how he spoke to his kids though. My parents may have told me to be quiet but they never told me to shut up. I'm sure the...more
Most of the 1- and 2-star reviews of this book complain about the tedium of the descriptions of the protagonist's life outside of the "hater virus" outbreak. They want more action, they want more plot movement, or they want more character development. Personally, I think Moody captures the balance perfectly. In fact, the most chilling aspect of the book wasn't the plot, it was Moody's description of the ordinary disdain that the protagonist had for his own life -- his children, his wif...more
This is probably the first book I have read on zombie literature, or anything close to it. The fact is, this is not a book about zombies. It is after all, a refreshing take by David Moody. By creating a dystopian world surrounding those who are "Unchanged" and the "Haters", the whole story creates a very thrilling and somewhat relatable sort of suspense. I could not put down the book while reading it. The language used is simple and straightforward without any purposeful embe...more
Very fast book to read, I finished it in about twenty-four hours and I really liked it. I picked this up because a friend had read and reviewed it and I liked the sound of it. Without spoiling people I can't really talk about it much but I enjoyed it a lot, it was easy to read but I wouldn't call it pulp fiction either. There's a pervasive sort of tension that starts to creep into the book about a hundred pages in or so when you really start to feel things amping up and I liked that about it a l...more
With cover quotes from Guillermo del Toro and JA Bayona, I was instantly interested in this book. Apparently, I found out about it a little later than most, and it looks like it's going to be made into a movie soon. But late or not, I'm really glad that I read HATER before watching it.
The story opens with a violent scene involving an umbrella. This sets the mood for the remainder of the book, before we meet the very average, Danny McCoyne. Danny is an everyday type of bloke who works...more
The story opens with a violent scene involving an umbrella. This sets the mood for the remainder of the book, before we meet the very average, Danny McCoyne. Danny is an everyday type of bloke who works...more
Have you ever had one of those dreams where you're trying to run as fast as you can, but your legs feel like they're propelling themselves through wet, dense mud? Now, imagine that for every 10 minutes you jog through this sludge, you're allowed 8 seconds to run at a pace of a 4-minute mile, before having your feet once again encased in cement bricks. You now have some semblance of my excruciating experience reading this dreadful, heinous, poorly-written dribble.
The author needs to t...more
The author needs to t...more
A couple of people at work read this book and said it was really good. Apparently this is going to be made into a movie. I thought it was okay. To me, it was one of those stories I've heard before. It's about a city where random people all of a sudden start killing people. These people are called "Haters" by the community and pretty soon the number of Haters grows until people can't leave their homes. Throughout the book you get to see the perspective of people as they turn into Haters...more
Wow. This was seriously one of the best books I have ever read. Forget the classics, this one beats them all down. What was interesting about 'Hater' was that though it was told from a boring, day-to-day perspective, it was somehow so captivating that you could not bear to put it down. The alternating chapters of people changing into Haters were equally fascinating. You often question, "What is making these people become so violent?" and "Will one of the main characters turn? When...more
In my book "Hater" by David Moody was a very bloody and sexual book. The genre was fiction. This book had so much blood I almost through up everyday reading it. But the book made me feel on the edge of my chair and wanting to read the next chance I have. The detail in the book was amazing. When you read of someone dieing or getting killed you had a sense that you were helping that person do it. Also it was book you wanted to keep reading from the first page. There are books that you ha...more
Hate or be hated.....
Awesome, outstanding, very well written book!
"Hater" is the 1st book in what will be a trilogy. The next book, "Dog Blood" will be out soon according to back page's author's notes. Don't let the obscure title fool you, "Hater" is the real deal!
A word of advice, read "Hater" now, don't wait until the movie comes out or until all three books are out and everyone is talking about it and your three boo...more
Awesome, outstanding, very well written book!
"Hater" is the 1st book in what will be a trilogy. The next book, "Dog Blood" will be out soon according to back page's author's notes. Don't let the obscure title fool you, "Hater" is the real deal!
A word of advice, read "Hater" now, don't wait until the movie comes out or until all three books are out and everyone is talking about it and your three boo...more
From the author of the classic post-apocalyptic zombie series 'Autumn', David Moody's new ultra-violent novel 'Hater' is a masterpiece of dark and bloodthirsty fiction. From the very first page the reader is thrown into a downward spiral of seemingly unprovoked and extreme violence. As civilisation is slowly torn apart from the inside, fear and confusion take over.
David throws up a cloud of unnerving mystery as the reader is taken along by this unrelenting wave of violence. The nove...more
David throws up a cloud of unnerving mystery as the reader is taken along by this unrelenting wave of violence. The nove...more
Hater by David Moody less than impressed me. I will be positive about it first because I do believe that my dislike of it comes from me having read too many books with
the exact same plot. If I hadn't read a ton of similer, sorry, EXACT, books like this one, I would have probably given it three stars instead of two. I still would have
been annoyed by the far less than subtle way Moody shows how miserable undisaplined children, an irritating wife, a hateful job, and a crap...more
the exact same plot. If I hadn't read a ton of similer, sorry, EXACT, books like this one, I would have probably given it three stars instead of two. I still would have
been annoyed by the far less than subtle way Moody shows how miserable undisaplined children, an irritating wife, a hateful job, and a crap...more
You may love this book or hate it but I doubt very much if you will forget it. Imagine a world that is turned upside down in what seems like an instant. Hater shows you a society where friends attack friends and family members attack their loved ones.
Hater is a word adopted by the media to describe the people who suddenly become violent and attack and kill for no known reason. These attacks are happening more and more until they reach the point where people are advised not to lea...more
Hater is a word adopted by the media to describe the people who suddenly become violent and attack and kill for no known reason. These attacks are happening more and more until they reach the point where people are advised not to lea...more
Well, after reading some reviews of this book I picked it up and while I liked it I felt a bit disappointed overall. The novel is written in the first person, present tense and I'm not a big fan of present tense for an entire novel, but Moody does a good job with it. The first half of the story is rather enjoyable because the main character is one of the most depressed, life hating characters I've ever read. He hates his job, his life, just about everything annoys the hell out of him. This depic...more
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David Moody was born in 1970 and grew up in Birmingham on a diet of trashy horror and pulp science fiction books and movies. He worked as a bank manager and as operations manager for a number of financial institutions before giving up the day job to write about the end of the world for a living. He has written a number of horror novels, including AUTUMN, which has been downloaded more than half a ...more
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