Others

De: James Herbert

Narrado por: Kris Dyer

The ugly truth. Nicholas Dismas is a Private Investigator, but like no other that has gone before him. He carries a secret to which not even he has the answer. Dismas is hired to find a missing baby. One that was taken away at birth... Or was it?

His investigation takes him to a mysteriously located place called Perfect Rest, a nursing home for the elderly. Here Dismas will discover the dark secret of the Others. And in an astonishing and spectacular finale he will resolve the enigma of his own existence.

James Herbert was one of Britain’s greatest popular novelists and our #1 best-selling writer of chiller fiction. Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages.

Born in London in the forties, James Herbert was art director of an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction in 1975. His first novel, The Rats, was an instant bestseller and is now recognised as a classic of popular contemporary fiction. Herbert went on to publish a new top ten best-seller every year until 1988. He wrote six more bestselling novels in the 1990s and three more since: Once, Nobody True and The Secret of Crickley Hall. Herbert died in March 2013 at the age of 69.

©1999 James Herbert (P)2013 Audible Ltd

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Herbert was by no means literary, but his work had a raw urgency. His best novels, The Rats and The Fog, had the effect of Mike Tyson in his championship days: no finesse, all crude power. Those books were best sellers because many readers (including me) were too horrified to put them down.” (Stephen King)
"There are few things I would like to do less than lie under a cloudy night sky while someone read aloud the more vivid passages of Moon. In the thriller genre, do recommendations come any higher?" (Andrew Postman, The New York Times Book Review)
"Herbert goes out in a blaze of glory" ( Daily Mail)

Depravety.

Upon his death a movie star handsome man jumps at the chance when offered another life to redeem himself from living such a selfish and vain life. He will have no memory of his current life and will return horribly disfigured.

As the story unravels the purpose behind his deformities become relevant and he must do whatever he can to stop the gruesom horror that he uncovers.

A good thriller with a original story.

Good book

Nice book and quite interesting😊
I want to read more of his book again!
Highly recommended

amazing book intriguing listen

couldn't stop listening and would love to look for more of the authors work! its fantastic

Thoughtful and twisted tale.

I first read "Others" around 20 years ago. The story stayed with me for years and seeing it on Audible I decided to revisit it. Full disclosure: I'm partial to the reincarnation concept in real life and the authors end note made me wonder if he was also although you can't really tell one way or the other just from the short note.

As for the story it's creepy and even grotesque in places as physical deformities are described in detail. The bleak yet casual cruelty we do to each other as a species and yet it's also about acceptance and the human connection that we all share. The performance on Audible of the reader is very well done. He didn't have any overly dramatic or lackadaisical attitude that took away from the story. He kept me engaged in the tale the whole way through.

not for me

What would have made Others better?

less self-pity

What was most disappointing about James Herbert’s story?

I really did not like the way he tied sins to being born with handicaps

Would you be willing to try another one of Kris Dyer’s performances?

no

What character would you cut from Others?

the main one