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| Original Title: | 48 |
| ISBN: | 2258049040 (ISBN13: 9782258049048) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.james-herbert.co.uk/48.htm |
| Setting: | London, England,1948(United Kingdom) |
James Herbert
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.76 | 2972 Users | 155 Reviews
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In 1945, Hitler unleashed the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance.Those who died at once were the lucky ones. The really unfortunate took years. The survivors - people like me, who had the blood group that kept us safe from the disease - were now targets for those who believed our blood could save them.
I survived for three years. I lived alone, spending my days avoiding the fascist Blackshirts who wanted my blood for their dying leader. Then I met the others - and life got complicated all over again . . .
Point Of Books 48
| Title | : | 48 |
| Author | : | James Herbert |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | 1999 by Presses de la Cité (first published November 4th 1996) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Rating Of Books 48
Ratings: 3.76 From 2972 Users | 155 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books 48
Started it, couldn't get past the first chapter, threw it in the trash. It was like bad Chuck Norris fanfic - so bad it couldn't even be enjoyed for it's awfulness.My most favourite book of all time, one of the first full novels I ever read. I must have finished it upwards of a dozen times now. Outstanding.
A very fast paced book- the action never stops from start to finish!It can, at times, be a little hard to keep up with and the rate Herbert kills off the characters is a bit much to handle at times.I only rated this book a 3 however as I found it startlingly similar to Domain, the final book in the Rats trilogy- both focus of a post-apocalyptic London, ravaged by a war, with few survivors trying to survive the enemy... Obviously in Domain it's the rats but in 48 it's the Blackshirts.Still, a
This is more of a alternate timeline/post apocalyptic WWII scenario than a horror, although there are some pretty gory scenes. It gets going right from the start with the action and pretty much keeps up the same pace. In fact, it was that wild of a ride that I kind of got a bit bored of it after a while. There were also a few things that annoyed me, like a bag of grenades becoming available to the main character had 'prepared earlier' we'd known nothing about, and a combat knife he 'remembered'
In this alternate 1948, London is devastated by a Nazi-created hemorrhagic plague. We enter this new reality three years after Hitler's rockets spread the Blood Death across London. The city is a decaying mess and ruling over the dead are a band of neo-Nazi British --the Blackshirts-- who are slowly dying from the plague. They hunt the handful of those immune to the disease. Why? Sport of course, didn't I said they where a bunch of Neo-Nazi, but mostly because they crave the blood of the immune
Slowly but surely working my way through back catalogue of the late great James Herbert. '48 was a departure for him, not so much horror as a dystopian alternate history. As the title suggests, set in the post WW2 England (London to be specific), the plot follows an American pilot who has been surviving in the war ravaged city. He comes across a group of fellow survivors and they struggle on together against the remainder of british fascists. The twist here is that although Hitler did lose the
I struggled to finish this book; abandoning it twice before reaching the somewhat flat and disappointing ending. Blood and gore feature quite heavily in here, as you would expect in a James Herbert novel, but not enough of a story to keep my attention. That said, I enjoyed backdrop of a war ravaged London.
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