pickClive Barker is a master of dark fantasy and horror. When he emerged on the scene back in the early 1980s with the domestic release of his short story anthology THE BOOKS OF BLOOD, American horror master Stephen King was quoted as saying, “I think Clive Barker is so good I am literally tongue-tied.:
I‘m not a fan of body horror, so we‘ll see how this goes. At least I‘m not usually squeamish about it.
pickOof Frank, you horrible demonic being. That was intense but such a good story. Super fast read, I finished it in one day! Clive Barker sure knows how to write a horror story.
pickThe ultimate in grotesque body horror that inspired Clive Barker‘s Hellraiser movie series. Well written and truly horrifying, a must read for horror fans. 5⭐️
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bailedI finally decided to DNF…I‘ve been finding reasons to not read it, which means I should stop trying and move on to something else. Maybe in a different mood it‘s be ok, but I found it boring. ☹️
pickA quick, sometimes beautifully written novella that contains a vast mythology. Barker‘s work is fascinating, and it is now difficult to separate it from the movie franchise it spawned. The movie varies only in a few places from the book, so it was impossible for me not to picture the actors as we read. I want to read more Barker!
Thanks for the tag @Parvez I‘m going to skip 1&2. 3- In Clive Barker‘s Weaveworld there is an orchard of peaches, where they are the juiciest and get you drunk off of happiness. It‘s located in a world woven into a carpet woven by the magic of the 4 families in hopes of escaping genocide at the hands of an angel. Unfortunately the orchard burns down when Weaveworld gets infiltrated by Immacolata, and Shadwell and the gyre gets destroyed.
so-soWeaveworld is a fantasy epic that has great characters, exciting scenes, creative world building and much more. However, it felt too long and a little hard to get through. Check out our discussion about it on episode 8 of our podcast: https://bit.ly/3LhCzOK
pickShort, thrilling, exciting and filthy. One of my favorite horror stories that started a movie franchise with 9 nonsense sequels with another one coming out just recently. Check out the Mind books podcast ep. 21 where we had a lot of fun discussing this book as well as ALL the movies that I unfortunately watched: https://bit.ly/3BpeXFg
