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Title	:	Magic Cottage, Das Haus auf dem Land
Author	:	James Herbert
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 348 pages
Published	:	May 1st 1991 by Bastei-Lübbe (first published 1986)
Categories	:	Horror. Fiction. Fantasy

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Published in 1986, this James Herbert novel is a lot of fun. Herbert had the talent to write very different types of stories. From flat out splatter like The Rats or The Fog, to comedic humor like the horror story Creed, I know that Herbert guarantees me a good time. The Magic Cottage was not a disappointment. A fun, slow burning story about a loving couple wanting to get away from things and instead ending up in the middle of things. Strange happenings at their new cottage in the country, happenings that they are slow to pick up on, lead up to an all out crazy ending that I enjoyed. I had a lot of fun with this book, even though the pacing was a little slow. The vivid images of the cottage and all of the creatures and flowers there will be with me for a while. Recommended to fans of slow burning horror, James Herbert, and haunted houses.

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Original Title:	The Magic Cottage
ISBN:	3404133161 (ISBN13: 9783404133161)
Edition Language:	German

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Published in 1986, this James Herbert novel is a lot of fun.Herbert had the talent to write very different types of stories. From flat out splatter like The Rats or The Fog, to comedic humor like the horror story Creed, I know that Herbert guarantees me a good time. The Magic Cottage was not a disappointment.A fun, slow burning story about a loving couple wanting to get away from things and instead ending up in the middle of things. Strange happenings at their new cottage in the country,

Herbert has earned his reputation, at least with me, for bad writing. This book didn't change my mind about that. As a writer he's careless (eg. describes a car as a hatchback then the next chapter is suddenly an estate), crude and often lazy (eg. the man's face was bland). However, despite these shortcomings he's written a really enjoyable and engaging book.Negatives would be that the ending lacked sufficient explanation and so didn't satisfy my thirst for resolution. The narrative structure

Published in 1986, this James Herbert novel is a lot of fun.Herbert had the talent to write very different types of stories. From flat out splatter like The Rats or The Fog, to comedic humor like the horror story Creed, I know that Herbert guarantees me a good time. The Magic Cottage was not a disappointment.A fun, slow burning story about a loving couple wanting to get away from things and instead ending up in the middle of things. Strange happenings at their new cottage in the country,

The main problem I have with Kubricks The Shining is that in the opening scenes, before they even reach the hotel, Jack Nicholson already appears to be quite mad. How you can empathise with a characters descent into madness when he starts off halfway there? For the first hundred pages or so of this book I had an odd sense of déjà vu. The lead female character is so dreamily open and accepting to all the strange events happening around her, that it seems to remove a lot of the tension. Surely,

I've always found Herbert a bit hit and miss. Haunted was one of the first 'grown up' books I read and I thought his whole back catalogue would be equally impressive, but many years ago when I started to tackle it I found a few books that I dropped after page twenty. Still maybe I'm older and have different taste now, so after enjoying this one I might give some of his other titles another look.There's a slow build in this book and that's to its credit. The characters are interesting enough that

Hokey, hackneyed and cliched, but a huge amount of fun. The climactic scenes were priceless.

My sister recommended James Herbert and decided that since she thought I'd not have the heart nor stomach for horror (as I'm a fan of fantasy and dislike seeing anything gruesome or bone chilling freaky), that starting me off with The Magic Cottage would be a good first choice. Unfortunately, I expected serious horror and was disappointed by the time I was halfway through the book and hardly anything had happened. So this is what I disliked about the book; 1. The writer spends most his time