Customer Reviews
5/5 Not my typical read - By: Jay, 18 Aug 2008 
I read this short book after seeing all the reviews (thank you) & thought I must give it a go. I have tried lots of 'horror' novels over the years & they have never really engaged me. I read this over two evenings & found it totally absorbed me. The text races along wonderfully.
This is not my typical read - favourite books include: Papillon, Hamlet, Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Grapes of Wrath & The Old Man & the Sea. I assume it is because having read them they stay with you & insist on being read again. Though my wife prefers to suggest I am simply a bit weird.
As for the new 'Mr Smith' film, which I enjoyed, they follow the same theme but to compare them would be like comparing a Mars Bar & a Snickers (I still prefer to call them Marathon).
Not sure how helpful my waffling will be but having been persuaded to read this after all the positive feedback I felt I should add something myself. I am sure this book willin time insist on being read again.
Hair raisingingly good stuff - By: Ms. N. Brown, 03 Aug 2008 This is a brilliant book, that manages to transcend the boundaries of Science Fiction or Horror genres. It was way ahead of its time.
I think its impact is down to its focus- rather than a overblown description of a post-apocalyptic world where everyone has turned into vampires, it concentrates on the experience of one man. You feel the claustrophobia of Neville as he shuts himselfin his house every night, & you sympathise with his loneliness as the last normal man on earth. Even if you're not someone who normally enjoys SF books, this is so well written you can't help but love it.
The ending was so good it made all the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. This isn't just a SF classic, it deserves to be an all-time classic novel.
Come out Neville! - By: Sue Lewendon, 19 Jul 2008 I read this bookin just a few hours & it was compelling right to the end. It's better than the film too, although it would've been nice for the pooch to survive & be Robert's companion.
As you probably know, it tells the story of the last man on Earth after a vampiric plague sweeps through the world. Robert Neville is alone & hell bent on survivng. There are a few twists & turns here too, one of them beingin the form of Ruth, a woman that Robert sees wanderingin daylight one afternoon. I won't give it away though!
This is truly an awesome story & well worth the read. Especially since it's only 160 pages long. Do yourself a favour & buy it now. If you enjoy this try Stir Of Echoes too, that too is better than the film. Sit back & take the phone off the hook & enjoy!
A great read - By: Mr. A. D. Cresswell, 30 May 2008 I thouroughly enjoyed this book & would recommend that you watch the film before reading the book so you can enjoy both as I did. As mentioned there a plenty of differences between film & book butin my opinion the endingin the book is far better, more haunting. My horror reading normally revolves around Richard Laymon & Graham Masterton this was a refreshing detour of style. Buy, read, enjoy.
Great book - got me back to reading - By: Mr. Colin Robertson, 29 Apr 2008 I'm quite a fussy reader, I can give up on a book at any point for seemingly random reasons so when I find a book that I can't stop thinking about even when I'm not reading then I know it's a good un!
I don't think I can really do this book justicein a review...it just sucked mein & I couldn't stop reading it until it was finished...then I wanted to keep going!
