James Herbert
1-405-04173-0
Jim True had a habit of leaving his body and wandering around London as a spirit, looking in on an oblivious humanity. One night, his physical body is murdered while he is out and about, and he returns to find that he has nothing to come back to.
Unable to influence anything or communicate with anyone, and sunk in the misery that accompanies the realisation that he has left his wife and daughter alone, he hangs around, and learns more about his life and family than he could have imagined. But why is he still here? Is it simply a case of a haunting? Or is he able to stop the serial killer that is stalking the city?
Some of the things he discovers were predictable - there are only so many family secrets that you can guess about - while some of Moker's habit took me by surprise. While some of the digressions were interesting and revealed more about the main character, I thought that the ending was a little feel-good; the imparting of wisdom on forgiveness rang a little sugary, especially after the horrific events throughout the rest of the book. Still, this was a good read; not too gory, but still unsettling and thought-provoking.
Finished: 04/11/08
Number: 31
1-405-04173-0
Jim True had a habit of leaving his body and wandering around London as a spirit, looking in on an oblivious humanity. One night, his physical body is murdered while he is out and about, and he returns to find that he has nothing to come back to.
Unable to influence anything or communicate with anyone, and sunk in the misery that accompanies the realisation that he has left his wife and daughter alone, he hangs around, and learns more about his life and family than he could have imagined. But why is he still here? Is it simply a case of a haunting? Or is he able to stop the serial killer that is stalking the city?
Some of the things he discovers were predictable - there are only so many family secrets that you can guess about - while some of Moker's habit took me by surprise. While some of the digressions were interesting and revealed more about the main character, I thought that the ending was a little feel-good; the imparting of wisdom on forgiveness rang a little sugary, especially after the horrific events throughout the rest of the book. Still, this was a good read; not too gory, but still unsettling and thought-provoking.
Finished: 04/11/08
Number: 31
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