Messed up. Disgusting. Beautiful. Clive Barker at his genius best.
adventurous mysterious

What a crazy book, I don't even know how to describe it. But I love Barker's imagination, writing style and character development.
adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 45%

Had a few interesting pieces but was not interesting enough overall to slog through the rest
adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I read this book about 10 years ago. I went through a Clive Barker phase right around when I graduated college, and I think I read at least 3 of his books. This is the only one I am certain that I read, I can't remember the other ones. I keep meaning to get into Clive Barker again.