And in a house where no one listens to the screams, will she ever get out alive? But this is merely a beginning, a gateway to horrors beyond Stephanie's worst nightmares. It's not only the eerie atmosphere of the vast, neglected house, or the disturbing attitude of her new landlord, Knacker McGuire, that makes her uneasy - it's the whispers behind the fireplace, the scratching beneath floors, the footsteps in the dark, and the young women weeping in neighbouring rooms.Īnd when Knacker's cousin Fergal arrives, the danger goes vertical. So when she takes a new room at the right price, she believes her luck has finally turned.īut 82 Edgware Road is not what it appears to be. Cash-strapped, working for agencies and living in shared accommodation, Stephanie Booth feels she can fall no further. I absorbed this book!ĭarkness lives within.
I yelled at this book, I told characters to RUN, I was on edge, heart pounding, blood pressure up, in this nightmare of fiction that was just really something quite special. Oh God, I felt I was THERE so many times. This nearly popped my mind right open with parts of it, I felt genuinely scared, creeped out and downright horrified by this book that defies all logic and takes you to places you don't want to visit again. I yelled at this book I read this last year and it was a favourite so I thought I would give it another go and I still can't stop thinking of the horrors it threw at me! Freaking fantastic bit of fiction this was. I read this last year and it was a favourite so I thought I would give it another go and I still can't stop thinking of the horrors it threw at me! Freaking fantastic bit of fiction this was. Though if you're looking for the 'hero-gets-the-girl' kind of happy ending, you might want to try a different genre. I'd give it a shot - Nevill's writing is pretty solid. That alone should be happy ending enough - fighting 'the monster' and still making it out alive.ĭon't let the title fool you, though. Why would you want a happy ending, though? I agree that it works pretty well in some genres, but with most horror novels, I find it much more believable to have the protagonist barely escape, often scarred for life (as, basically, in any of Nevill's books, except for 'House of Small Shadows', that is). Personally, I enjoyed the story, especially its first half.
Not quite everyone dies in "The Ritual" - and I'm not sure if a novel's rating should be determined by its 'headcount'. And in a house where no one listens to the screams, will she ever get out alive?. And when Knacker's cousin Fergal arrives, the danger goes vertical. It's not only the eerie atmosphere of the vast, neglected house, or the disturbing attitude of her new landlord, Knacker McGuire, that makes her uneasy - it's the whispers behind the fireplace, the scratching beneath floors, the footsteps in the dark, and the young women weeping in neighbouring rooms. But 82 Edgware Road is not what it appears to be. So when she takes a new room at the right price, she believes her luck has finally turned. It's not only the eerie atmosphere of the vast, neglected house, or the disturbing attitud Darkness lives within.