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# Lair: The Rats Series, Book 2

**Brand:** james herbert
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Lair: The Rats Series, Book 2

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## Customer Reviews

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    Fantastic
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2018*

Lair is a sequel to Herbert's 1974 debut novel, The Rats and although it is more of the same it is very much a far more assured book than the excellent first novel. Between writing The Rats and Lair, Herbert published four other novels and his development as a writer is evident in the way Lair is structured.The Rats simply powered along with no space for the reader to breathe but whilst Lair is also paced at a breakneck speed, it does offer several quieter character building moments. The slower build up to the mayhem is very effective, and the author teases the reader in several scenes in which characters glimpse the rats but they don't attack. Much more is made of the creatures intelligence this time around and it makes them all the more terrifying.This time the action is moved from the London slums and takes place in and around Epping forest - there's a subplot in which the forest gets the Amnity Island treatment when the authorities try to avoid closing down the forest to tourists when the mutant rats are first discovered, but as things escalate they have no choice and the forest is evacuated.What follows is a tour de force of horror storytelling, leading to one of the most thrilling climaxes I've ever read. Excellent.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Not as good as the first but truly gripping at the end.
  

*by M***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2015*

The Rats was a stunning and absolutely gripping horror classic and would be very hard to follow but even though Lair isn't quite as good its still a corker in the same style as the first and nice to see a different setting this time.Its takes a little while to get going this time but there is real anticipation and plenty of small sightings of the mutant nasties that you know it won't take long for carnage to break out.The first real horror moment is in a graveyard and you will be pretty shocked at how graphic it is and its fingernail biting tension.The rest of the novel is excellent but not as exiting as The Rats but when we get action it is breathtaking with some stand out moments belonging in a housing estate,the forest and a real jumpy chapter in the place they are investigating the rat problem.The characters are very good like the first story though not as good as the previous book or the third book Domain but once again like every Herbert book we have a very strong lead character.The finale is truly where this book gets the five star rating with a quite stunning attack by the rats on a huge house where the sheer power and size of the rats and the number of them is truly terrifying and is probably the best finale to any novel i have read.This is as good a depiction of any end of the world type story you will ever see and even though i feel its the weakest of the three its still a classic part of a masterpiece trilogy of tension.Once again rats will never look the same to you after this.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great read
  

*by R***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2014*

Am re-reading James Herbert, after first reading most of his books quite a few years ago as a teenager. This is my favourite of the Rats trilogy.It is, basically, what it says on the tin: giant, mutant, killer rats running amok. A fair amount of gore and the obligatory James Herbert "love" scene.I do like the little stories Herbert always put in his books, describing various people and their lives, tragedies etc. They generally meet a sticky end but it pulls you into the story more. I also grew quite fond of the rat with the peculiar white scar running down it's head- it seemed to have it's own little sub story going. I was routing for it by the end of book.It is a bit dated at times, but classic Herbert and a very enjoyable read.

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