Hater

Title: Hater
Author: David Moody
Pages: 268
Rating: êêê(ê)

The story begins on a Thursday, a man walking through the street on his way to work in the morning attacks a harmless elderly lady. Danny McCoyne was a witness to this incident, trapped in a group of bystanders watching the event occur. He gets to work late, which is the last thing he needs after a stressful week looking after the children and trying to balance his money so they have enough for food. However, little does he know  that similar events to the one he just witnessed are taking place all over the world, and that he would witness two more, one on Friday at a concert and one in a pub during a birthday party.

There are attacks occurring all over the country, they appear to be random and carried out by people of all ages. Those who carry out the attacks are soon labelled Haters and are feared by everyone. In public no one gives anyone eye contact, everyone avoids each other and many streets are almost deserted. Danny returns to work on Monday, only to be caught in the middle of a Hater attack. He returns home, only leaving twice, once to get some supplies from a store that's almost been completely torn apart, and the other to get his wife's, Lizzie's, father.

The family spend most of their time in the apartment unable to sleep and watching the news. At the beginning most of the news is occupied with the reports of the attacks, but as the days go by they eventually become about how to keep the family safe and how to secure the home. Then all channels have stopped broadcasting, and all of them show the same message: 'REMAIN CALM. DO NOT PANIC. TAKE SHELTER. WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL.' 

The family is terrified. The situation appears to be getting much closer to home, with suspicious noises coming from upstairs. They even witness a man killing his wife outside of their window. It becomes a waiting game to see which of them will turn. 

I did enjoy this book, it made me scared and it was a real page turner. I haven't really been frightened by a book before, maybe not since The Hunger Games, so it was very fun to read. I gave it three (maybe four) stars because, although it was a good book, I did find it really gory and violent. I don't particularly like either of those things so sometimes I did find it hard to enjoy, however, the story was fantastic, especially once you find out who becomes a Hater in the family. It becomes incredibly interesting. I also enjoyed how quickly the world seemed to be almost destroyed by these events, it begun on a Thursday and almost by Tuesday there was complete chaos. I should also probably warn you that there is swearing.