Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

10 reviews

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

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

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

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

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

perthalus'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? It's complicated

Will write review later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Toxic relationship, Torture, Cannibalism, Death, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Incest

regaliaofchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Cannibalism, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Incest, and Medical content

crossbun'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

5.0

Clive Barker is everything to me. All his work is so tender and human, so monstrous and twisted that one uplifts the other. They cannot be separated and once I start one of his books I simply cannot stop reading. I love how he takes characters that start out as rather boring and pathetic, outsiders, misfits, sad-sacks, (from the initial point of view), and as the story progresses, elevates them to hero status simply by letting them say that they have had ENOUGH. Clive Barker is the champion of freaks and losers, he is the voice from the darkness that whispers "don't you want to go apeshit?" and reader and character alike scream a resounding yes and then he says "ok babe go for it, you have everything to be scared of and nothing to lose" and they claw their way to liberation through the most perverse and repulsively delightful horror you've never dreamed. 

This is a fantastic introduction to his work, super fast read and plenty disturbing without delving into some of the other Really Nasty Stuff he writes about in his other works like Coldheart Canyon (also so good but YIKES!!!)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit

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

herk's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, and Excrement