The Rats by James HerbertMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
During the 1970s, London became infested with rats that began to prey on the human population while Harris, our hero, raced against time to stop the vermins.
What a great start. Within a few pages, I was hooked by people with sordid lives getting ravenously eaten or mutilated by mutant rats. Ladies of the night and their Johns, unattended babies and their canine companions, lovers and their "young" object of affection-- no one is safe. The level of gruesome and gore was pretty tough to outdo at every rat-feasting event; when the author failed to amp it up, the scene came across as comical and camp.
This horror classic is simple, direct, and full of action-packed graphic mutilations. The Rats may have had sharp "teeth of horror" at the time of its writing, but its edges have dulled as the novel aged.
I rate the book 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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