Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

25 reviews

doomluz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Hellraiser is one of my favorite horror films, so I've wanted to read this novella for a long time now. It's fairly similar to the film.

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Content Warnings

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

sexualedward's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Rape, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

jenniferlynnkrohn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism

cyanide_latte's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm not sure what I could really say, other than that this book feels like a very gothic, "decadent macabre" horror, and I'm also glad to have read this to get the background on the story before I ever go on to watch the movie Hellraiser.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

skilltoolow's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence