Hater By David Moody

Danny McCoyne is an average guy in a dead end job as an employee of the Parking Fine Processing office, barely getting by, living in a small flat with his wife and three kids. Life seemed pretty normal until one day incidents of random violence escalate to a condition that threatens the social fabric of the country. Those afflicted with the violent impulse are dubbed Haters.

This is a spin chilling and gripping book that is absolutely fantastic, as it really catches you from the start. It’s defiantly an older read as contains sexual and very graphic death scenes. The book is written as a parallel as there are chapters of the protagonist that are broken down with clip chapters of the 'Haters'. I think this makes it all the more gripping, as the Haters scenes are diverse and intriguing, as they hold the gory death scenes, plus they really help you to understand what’s going on in the novel.

This book is part of a sequel as there is also a second one called Dog Blood, which is also very good and based around the same protagonist, the book is not as good as Hater, though it’s very moving and hopeful.

I give this book 5* and say you have to read it as it’s truly mind boggling and you just can’t get it out of your head once you start reading it.