adventurous dark mysterious
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

“He almost smiled at the perfection of its horror. He felt an offer of insanity tickling the base of his skull, tempting him into oblivion, promising a blank indifference to the world.”

Provokingly brilliant. Poetically sinister. This was my very first Clive Barker experience and I gotta say, hell yes. Reading this book was like being on an incredible first date with a mysterious amazing person and not wanting the night to end. That instant connection, that unique someone who sees the fire within you and wants to play with it. Who leaves you breathless and wanting more. Yes Goodreads, if this book was a 6’2” man or a tattooed woman, I’d date them with the quickness. Barker you dark provocative mfer, your writing style is freakin’ sexy. Hell yes.

Some of the stories were really great, some not quite.
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
dark emotional sad
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced