Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

53 reviews

pwnyboy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Gore, Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Rape, and Medical content

itsjustgrumpy'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? Yes

4.0

Scene for scene, it's the Hellraiser movie. It's one of my favourite movies ever but it's weird leaving a review for something so similar to the movie that I'd seen before reading. Barker is an imaginative force as always.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Torture, Death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Incest

f18's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

leafhead's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A fun read! Very similar to the movie that was made based on it. A staple for horror fans, and for good reason!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Medical content, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

gamerreaper13's review

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

hauntedantiqueshop's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I liked it a little more than the movie, which isn’t really saying much. Could have used more Cenobites lore though, they’re iconic and absolutely rule.

In the movie, Kirsty was Rory’s daughter. In the book, it seems she’s a friend that’s in love with him? I hate that change so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Death

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Vomit

It’s literally Hellraiser sooo. Beware, friends.

vael's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Murder, Death, and Gaslighting

maryncemetery's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

This book was fine, but overall it was disappointing to me. The characters all felt very one note and unrealistic (Julia's actions were at least interesting but her reasons for doing them were pretty stupid), aside from

Julia's murders

the gore almost all takes place off-page or is barely described (why else am I reading this?) and the prose was so overwrought and goofy.

There is a part near the end where Barker wants to convey that a dead character is possessed by one of the cenobites so that character turns to Kirsty and essentially just says, "I'm a cenobite!"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Self harm, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit