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Imajica by Clive Barker

4 reviews

joa_price's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Xenophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Murder, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Classism, Blood, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Mental illness, Colonisation, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexism, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Death, and Alcohol

crufts's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This 1136-page brick was so long and tedious, I'm shocked I actually got through it. Here's a link to a photo of the brick itself:  ＥＸＴＲＡ   ＴＨＩＣＣ 

Unlike another brick-sized book I've enjoyed in the past (the ~900-page Anathem by Neal Stephenson), Imajica doesn't do us the courtesy of introducing concepts slowly and gently. Instead we get whacked by a whole lot of fantasy jargon and a dozen characters all at once.
I didn't want to get lost, so I took the time to write a chapter summary at the end of each chapter. Even then, the plot was hopelessly complex and not very interesting.
I'm giving the book 1 star (instead of 0) because the writing style is beautiful - it's just the plot, pacing, structure, and characters that are bad.

I don't think I can express it much better than this other review by user themuffinjoke, so I'm just going to leave you with a link to that: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7b220ed4-bb01-4e3c-91e7-805334791623 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Slavery, Drug abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Torture, Murder, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

There are even more content warnings than this. It's a very crude book.

carrionkid's review

4.5

An incredibly sprawling and carefully constructed work. It's long and dense but ultimately the payoff is worth it regardless of it's faults and weaknesses. Absolutely inspired and fantastical.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Body horror, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and War

taisgrim's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Alcohol, War, Animal death, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape