Cabal | Litsy

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Cabal | Clive Barker

I'm feeling the horror vibes today!!!

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Cabal | Clive Barker

Bookmail came in today!!!! My friend Zach sent me 'Cabal' by Clive Barker for Spooktober, and my friend Danny sent me his Black Pages series!!!

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ThisIsAvaRose

Cabal | Clive Barker

Shabbat shalom and happy Pride! Here is what I'm reading today.

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uwak

Cabal | Clive Barker

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Cabal is an interesting horror novel that utilizes physical transformation as a metaphor for the oppression of mental illness, particularly under law enforcement. it's a book that is heartbreaking but at the end of everything, still full of hope. the ending was pretty bittersweet but ultimately very satisfying and the book ties up quickly.

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Settings

Cabal | Clive Barker

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The beginning of the first novella "Cabal" was alright but it floundered. Thought the other four stories were mediocre.

TheNeverendingTBR I completely agree with you 4y

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night_shift

Cabal | Clive Barker

Pretty curious about this book now. Such a crazy movie.

#TeamStoker #Scarathlon @TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y

BookwormAHN Cabal is good book, one of Barker's best 👻 5y

night_shift @BookwormAHN well.. added to my TBR list now, thanks 😂 5y

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jlabombard10315

Cabal | Clive Barker

My stepdaughter and I spent our free time making bookmarks today! 😍🤓

brit91 Awwww they are so cute!!😍 5y

Megabooks She‘s talented! 5y

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EyesOnly34

Cabal | Clive Barker

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A beautiful statement on who the real monsters are as only Barker can tell it. Midian is NOT where the monsters live 😎

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MStew

Cabal | Clive Barker

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Cabal This was my first Clive barker book that i read . I read this with @trioxin_sematary 😘 I enjoyed this book , Barker World's are so different and so creative ! I love his imagination. I wouldn't say this is his strongest book but It was a perfect beginner book for a new Clive Barker reader!

#horror #book #Clivebarker #cabal

Hellbound heart was so far my favorite out of the 2 !! I would rate this a 6/10

KathyWheeler My favorite Barker has always been The Damnation Game. 6y

KathyWheeler I liked the movie Cabal was made into — Nightbreed — even if it was a little cheesy and the special effects could‘ve been better. 6y

Reggie @KathyWheeler Weaveworld is my favorite of his followed by The Great and Secret Show/Everville series. I read the Damnation Game in college and remember thinking it was really dark. 6y

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MStew @Reggie all of those are on my tbr!!! Damnation game I've heard is really good and very dark! Weaveworld also looks amazing!! 6y

MStew @KathyWheeler I need to watch nightbreed!! 6y

KathyWheeler @Reggie I have started The Great and Secret Show probably 15 times. Each time, I put it down and don‘t pick it up again for years. I don‘t understand this as I enjoy it while I‘m reading it. This may be the year I finish it so I can read the rest of the series. 6y

MStew @KathyWheeler 😂😂😂😂😂 this is funny I hope this is year you conquer reading it!!! 6y

KathyWheeler @meghan2714 Me too! 😄 If It were an awful book and I was hating it, it would be one thing, but this, with a good book, is just ridiculous! Same thing happened to me with In Cold Blood — it took me 20 years to finally read that book. 6y

TheNeverendingTBR I'd rate it similarly, I think it lacked detail; I also think it might be a bad choice for someone's first Barker read as it might throw them off. It's not a terrible book, I'm not saying that at all; I'm sure he fulfilled all the criteria he set out to fulfill when he finished it, it just didn't do much for me @meghan2714 6y

TheNeverendingTBR @KathyWheeler The Damnation Game is brilliant! ☺ 6y

TheNeverendingTBR Coldheart Canyon and Books of Blood are also absolutely brilliant! 6y

MStew @trioxin_sematary if someone isn't sure about jumping into his darker materials.. This is a good place to start it was not as dark as his other reads and it had a paranormal fantasy vibe . 6y

madamereadsalot1 I think the best book to ease someone into Barker is The Thief of Always. It's considered YA, so it's safe from some of his more graphic content, but it's absolutely wonderful fantasy that by no means feels like a YA novel. It gives you an idea of how wonderful his writing is. My favorites are Cold Heart Canyon, The Great and Secret Show, and Abarat. 6y

MStew @madamereadsalot1 Yesss!! That one would be a great book to start with !!! I agree 6y

Scurvygirl The Books of Blood are really good short stories. I agree with @Reggie Weaveworld is amazing. Clive Barker is an acquired taste. He's not like Stephen King at all but he builds enormous worlds and characters and his horror is infinite. 6y

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MStew

Cabal | Clive Barker

This was my barker book though it wasn't my favorite it was still decent. Im excited to dive in to his worlds!!! #horror #clivebarker #booknerd #horrorstory #read #booklover #bookaddict

TheNeverendingTBR @meghan2714 bae 😍 6y

MStew @trioxin_sematary lova dova 💋 6y

Reggie My favorite of his are Weaveworld and The Great and Secret Show. Back when I was 15, I remember staying up til 3 in the morning reading his books in the summer. It‘s sad that a couple of years ago Mr.Barker went to the dentist, had a patch of bacteria loosened that caused toxic shock that put him into a coma for a couple of months where he had a couple of strokes. He came out of it but I don‘t think he‘s been the same. 6y

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Librarybelle Welcome to Litsy! 6y

MStew @Reggie wow that was the nost interesting thing I've heard i awhile!! Thats crazzyyyyyyyyyyyyy and horrible 6y

MStew @Librarybelle thanks😄 6y

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Chellebearss

Cabal | Clive Barker

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Have you ever wondered whether the things that can only come out at night really exist?
Well in the town of Midian not only do they exist but they have made a home there. Those who belong with them know that Midian is a safe place for those that are made of humanity's nightmares.

This was creepy. Very creepy. #2013

SkeletonKey This is one of my favorite books / movies. 7y

TK421 I really liked this book. I also loved his short story How Spoilers Bleed. 7y

Chellebearss @SkeletonKey Awesome! I can‘t watch the movie. Too chicken 🐓😛 7y

Chellebearss @TK421 I‘m not big on short stories but I‘ll check it out! :-) 7y

TK421 The copy of Cabal that I borrowed from the library years ago had three Clive Barker short stories in it after the main story. I'm not a big fan of short stories either, but How Spoilers Bleed stuck with me. It would have made a great Twilight Zone episode. 7y

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biblio_ginger

Cabal | Clive Barker

Yay for #bookmail thank you so much @tessavi it looks great!!! 😄😆😄😆 You're awesome!

tessavi I hope you'll like it! 7y

biblio_ginger @tessavi Thank you! I think I will! 😀 7y

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Anton

Cabal | Clive Barker

Kicking off my Halloweekend with an afternoon screening of the director's cut of Nightbreed, based on the Clive Barker novella Cabal which I finished re-reading earlier this month.

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Anton

Cabal | Clive Barker

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Finished my re-read of this Clive Barker novella and enjoyed it as much as I did the first time. I'd forgotten how open the ending is and I'm surprised Barker never wrote a follow up (although his fans are still waiting for Galilee II, Abarat IV, and the third Book of the Art, so maybe it's not that surprising after all). Now I'm inspired to re-watch the film version, Nightbreed, specifically the director's cut that was released recently. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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LynnMPK

Cabal | Clive Barker

My pick for #backwoodsbodycount #hallowreads

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Anton

Cabal | Clive Barker

"Dead isn't bad," Narcisse said. "It isn't even that different. It's just... unexpected."

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Anton

Cabal | Clive Barker

I totally forgot that Midian, Clive Barker's hidden city the Nightbreed call home, is located north of Calgary, Alberta.

LeahBergen It is?? 😮 7y

Anton @LeahBergen It's true! The Nightbreed feast on Timbits and enjoy universal healthcare. 7y

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Anton

Cabal | Clive Barker

Clive Barker's Cabal (which he adapted into film as Nightbreed) is a great novella about #ScaryMonsters and #SuperCreeps. It's also going to be a Hallowe'en re-read for me this October. #Septembowie @Marchpane

Marchpane 😱😱😱 7y

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