Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

56 reviews

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

ameliastebbing's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Rape, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Vomit, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, and Addiction

marigoldgem's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved the hellraiser movies and I was very excited to finally read the book it was based on. I really love the details on the cenobites and kirsty’s character, she’s such a bad ass in the book compared to the movie. I also found the differences the movie made to the story interesting though they aren’t very big. Definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity and Rape

kyra_joy's review

dark 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

4.0

This book was just meh, wasn’t bad in a way and I’ll probably read the second but I didn’t find it particularly spectacular either. A good read if you’re into body horror but wasn’t particularly scary. Also a good read I think if you have watched or plan to watch the movies as it could be fun to compare the two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

jblago's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Very engaging for how short it is and dripping in macabre style. The creativity on display is also compelling and commendable even through the sort of morbid parts, of which there are plenty. 
The plot does feel somewhat predictable even if you haven’t seen the film adaptation but admittedly the general premise is just… cool. The sort of subtle suggestion that there is a larger “lore” is also very tantalizing. The writing is detailed enough and focuses on what I would consider the more interesting parts of a gruesome and uncomfortable story. 
Although, as not a big fan of sort of “erotic horror”, and the many possibilities that sub genre can lead to, there were some parts I liked less than other. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

saemiligr's review against another edition

dark tense

• 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

4.0

This was an amazing read, dark read. 

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Content Warnings

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