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April 2016 Group Read-The Dark by James Herbert
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Katy wrote: "May think twice about attending a soccer game." Especially considering how long it took anyone to think it was out of the ordinary.
Hey Katy. Herbert is English so it is Football not Soccer!!!
At the beginning this book reminded me a lot about Hell House by Richard Matheson, but then it turned out to be... something else. Which I liked! I really enjoyed some parts of it, not to fond of the ending though.
Exactly Henrik! I got that too.
I'm a month behind with this, but I've just started it and I'm about half way through. I first read this at age 12 when it was 'doing the rounds' in my English class. Everyone wanted to read it because the rumour wagon started about the perverse ways in which people were dying. It shocks me to think I actually read this at such a young age. Some of it is pretty ghastly! (Oh how lovely) Perhaps its made me who I am today (not a crazed murderer or suchlike, just needed to clarify that lol!) But this very book got me hooked on horror stories. The gorier, the better. I never forget what my (rather hippy-like) English teacher said when she caught us passing it under the tables suspiciously, 'James Herbert eh? He's great, just don't eat a large lunch prior to reading his work!' The whole class cracked up, and we even did an 'off-curriculum' discussion class about it. We just weren't allowed to tell the Head Teacher. Those were the days eh?! Such a cliché, but school was great (sometimes).
I'm glad some teachers know that if kids find something they WANT to read, they should encourage it.
Yippee! Company. Hope to finish by month end."
I'm a lil over half way. I'm not super impressed. it reminds me a lot of hell house and (so far) I liked it..."
Still plugging away. People getting wiped out in extravagant ways -
May think twice about attending a soccer game.