Reviews

Hellbound Heart, The by Clive Barker

will_cherico's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

The Hellbound Heart was my first experience with the prose of Clive Barker, read after watching Hellraiser and being forever scarred by that neat movie. The book suffers from a lot of the same issues the movie did, mainly that the story is a little TOO fast paced, but the tale Barker weaves is such a compelling one. I love when the Cenobites are depicted as ambivalent, it adds to the weird and otherworldly nature of their being demons to some, angels to others. It’s a freaky, well-written book about infidelity, pleasure and pain, and the imagery never fails to make me deeply uncomfortable. 

kdowli01's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

rbrtvzz's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0