Reviews

Domain by James Herbert

delboy71's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

tequilarainbows's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

bentheoverlordsbooks's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.25

My favourite of the trilogy, i feel it just slightly overstays its welcome but its genuinely did something I did not expect. I expected this one to be very very bad, I wasnt sure of the Post Apocalypse rat attack and yet this book really made it work. Herbert is perfect at writing little vignettes for characters you meet, learn about and then see die horribly as little breathers between chapters. Genuinely shocked how much I like this on, its gory, crude, vile, sick and just overall a fun time. My main issues were it being a little too long, Herbert really isnt great at endings and he can be quite sexist when you are in his male characters POVs (although I do genuinely like a lot of the women he writes, its just like King where all his men are pigs haha).

genauds's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.5

blatdriver's review against another edition

4.0

This was great, for me it had a very similar feel to The Walking Dead TV show, but with rats in place of zombies, with the characters almost constantly in peril from multiple dangers, as per usual the characters are well written, and there is a feeling that anyone of them could be next.

If you liked the first 2 books, I think you will like this one.

lolanicole's review against another edition

3.0

My least favorite of the trilogy; however, it still gave me the creeps. Herbert was an excellent writer and I think the Rats trilogy will give me nightmares for years to come.

bigbookgeek's review against another edition

3.0

When I first heard of Domain, I had very high hopes. I mean, it is part of the Rats series, AND takes place post nuclear holocaust! Several years back, I tried reading this and couldn't get into it, so gave up. I tried again (this time via audiobook), and while I wasn't super pleased, I found it at least tolerable. Sadly, it comes in as a weak finale to the Rats trilogy. I think the issue is the fact that so much time and energy was spent on the horrors of the nuclear bombs destroying London, that the rats were a creepy side story. All in all, the book was full of action, and had some great gory rat scenes, but for me, it fell short of the effect the first two books had.

the_prickly_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

armchair_vibes's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

spook_29's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0