Fluke by James Herbert

 

From Goodreads

Fluke is the moving story of a dog with the memories of a human, with the signature twisting plot James Herbert is famed for. A dog wanders the streets, compelled by a ravenous hunger. Hunting a prey he cannot not define, driven by a primal instinct he cannot ignore. He is more than he thinks, more than he can remember and in the depths of his brain the memory of what he once was is clawing for release.

My thoughts

I was a huge James Herbert fan in my teens, way back when Adam was a lad.  I remember fondly reading the Rats trilogy (there's now a graphic novel, which makes it 4 books in the series now) and having nightmares of a sort about rats and what he wrote about them in his books.

I originally read Fluke years ago and I am reading it again for a Reading Challenge.

This cover reminds me of the cover of the original copy that I read. It was published in 1978.  

Whilst I didn't remember all the story, there were parts of it that did start to come back to me as I kept reading. 

Telling the story of a dog that is given the name of Fluke.  Fluke is not all he at first seems to be and as the story progresses, things start coming back to him.  He can remember at the back of his mind that he has been a human in the past, is he right?

There is so much that I could write about the story in this review, but to do so, would spoil it for others  wanting to read the book.