Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

86 reviews

luigimamizer's review

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Torture, Body horror, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Rape

bugshugs's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, and Gore

spaghett's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault

jamieleepilk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Gore, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

twislerguy's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is dark and I couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Death, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

beeping_librarian's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Blood, Rape, Death, Infidelity, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Misogyny

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, and Cannibalism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Alcohol, Vomit, Sexual content, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

charlizardbookboi17's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Drug abuse, Torture, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Sexual content

frogpants's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Sexual content, and Torture

feathersmcgraw's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.5

You know the story. A selfish hedonist opens a puzzle box on the promise of unspeakable pleasures. Then he finds out the hard way that he really didn't understand what that truly meant.

I can't decide if I enjoy the film or the novella more. The two have a lot in common. All of the story beats are the same: even some of the dialogue is identical. Barker created both, so that isn't surprising although he did make some interesting changes in adaptation.

Kirsty's role in the first half of the novella didn't feel very organic as 'just a friend'. This improves as everything kicks into gear, but it was the right call to make her Rory's daughter for the film. 

On the other hand, Hellbound Heart is stronger for both ditching Kirsty's boyfriend (who added nothing) and preserving mystique around the cenobites. There's no giant monsters chasing people down tunnels in the book. I liked that the Engineer was something much more esoteric.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Rape