"Death is darkness, Hell is in the dark, fearful underworld. The Devil has always been known as the Prince of Darkness. And isn't evil expressed as the darkness in one's soul?" 

It all starts on a suburban street in an empty house that is haunted by a malevolent darkness. Chris Bishop, a paranormal investigator, is called to investigate the claims of the house. Soon the dark expands over the city and turns people into murderous savages. Chris, alongside investigators Jessica and Jacob Kulek, must stop it before the dark consumes them all. 

Right from the get-go, the story was action packed. Normal people were doing normal things until suddenly they were effected by an unknown entity causing them to kill their loved ones and strangers without any reason. The atmosphere was unsettling and the deaths were wild. I liked how this evil darkness emanated from the haunted house and how Herbert took the reader into each house on Willow Street and then expanded throughout the city describing all the ways every character was effected. 

I was certain I was going to rate this a 4⭐️ because everything happening was absolutely wild and I was here for it. However, I felt like the book could have been shorter because it started dragging on and on. I get it, the dark was making people go crazy and there was bloodshed, which I love, but then it became repetitive with more ways people were getting killed and it was like okay, let Chris and his colleagues figure it out already. 

Other than that, I did enjoy The Dark. It was my first book by Herbert and I look forward to reading more from him!