Reviews

Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller, Clive Barker

wasuretta_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.75

geekwayne's review against another edition

3.0

'Hellraiser: The Toll' by Mark Alan Miller continues the stories of Clive Barker featuring Pinhead and Kristy Cotton.

This story takes place between The Hellbound Heart and The Scarlet Gospels. Kristy Cotton has seen things and survived things. She is on the run, moving around and assuming new names to stay ahead of the nameless fear. One day she gets an odd letter. She responds and ends up confronting the very thing she fears most.

It's been ages since I read the Hellbound Heart or saw the movies, but this story put me right back in that odd world. When Pinhead showed up, I felt all the chills.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Subterranean Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

lucy_brb's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.0

sine_qua_non's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

3.25

way2logical's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

anomander_rake83's review against another edition

0.5

Absolute shite

baileycb's review against another edition

3.0

Okay so that was probably the shortest story I’ve ever read/listen to and there isn’t really much to talk about. After finishing Scarlet gospel I was recommended to read this as it served as a prelude to The Scarlet Gospel but I do have a few problems with the story. Firstly I was very confused with the canon , it seems like this short story takes place within the film universe and not the books which was very jarring and I felt that it kind of takes away from what the Scarlet Gospel went to set out. Secondly the Lang the short story itself is around 100 pages or about an hour and a half of an audiobook and I breeze through the story very quickly and it just felt like there wasn’t enough room for developing of characters. If felt more as an afterthought than anything, I understand that the scarlet gospel was originally supposed to be more than 1000 pages but it’s starting to become evident as I’m thinking back through the story that this might of been a cut except from that story. Its way too short, but I do like how it connects into the next novel in the series wall it is recommended by some people to read this short story before the scarlet gospel. I would advise against that as towards the very end of this short story they actually spoil the ending of Scarlet gospel which completely ruins that book and gives away the mysteries, consequences and the big ramifications at the end of that story. It’s also really interesting to read the story of characters that were created by Clive Barker but not be written by him. Finally the ending of this short story is interesting it’s implications there was a particular small detail in the Scarlet gospel that doesn’t really get explained and in this short story they go into more detail about it and hints towards a possible future with the main character in the short story.

firstorderpixie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

spocksveganfries's review against another edition

3.0

It starts interesting but unfortunately never goes anywhere.

kyleintheweeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5