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Just finished this last night, blimey I don't expect books like this to be easy going but this was bloody rediculous, the whole thing from start to finish is wrote in some mad backwards English, it's like reading Yoda's autobiography.

the book bombards you with far too many names to keep up with as well, Enki, Marduk, Antu, Ansu, Ninmar, Neemar, Enlil etc, the characters don't exactly have any personality either so they all just blue into one.

It wasn't a complete waste though, I learned a hell of a lot from the book with regards to the Sumerian history and their story, I just think that if he approached it as an actual story rather than a mock biography it would have been a lot easier, also if he laid off the Yoda speak as well.


Anyway onto the next book



It was only when the bones of the first devoured victims were discovered that the true nature and power of these swarming black creatures with their razor sharp teeth and the taste for human blood began to be realised by a panic-stricken city. For millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies. But now for the first time - suddenly, shockingly, horribly - the balance of power had shifted . . . 'The effectiveness of the gruesome set pieces and brilliant finale are all its own' "Sunday Times"
This'll only take me a day or so, I first read it when I was 11, Christ knows why my dad thought this was a good book to give an 11 year old, luckily I've never been one to scare easy, this is my go to horror book alongside the Exorcist, I've read it at least 10 times over the last 20 years.