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lay_kone's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape and Homophobia
islabjb's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
If you watch Saw 3 high on Benadryl while someone explains the Protestant Reformation to you- you will have a similar experience to reading this book.
Is this book at all related to the Hellbound Heart? No. Is it related to the Hellraiser films? No. Is Kirsty Cotton in it? No. Does this book tell you that Lucifer’s favorite food is pizza? Yes. I considered giving up on this book many times mostly because the first 40% is totally inconsequential to the plot and is just gore for seemingly the sake of being gorey. Pinhead is a totally different character from the movies and first book. I don’t think he is Elliot Spencer in this version because I don’t know what cannon this book follows, but the movie and hellbound heart ‘hell priest’ had a moral code, that was his whole shtick, you open the box- he’ll mess with you otherwise he doesn’t care. This Pinhead just tortures people for no reason, and his actions are inconsequential- by the end he is able to escape death/the devil, and seemingly manifest himself anywhere (not manifest himself with the bells and the lament configuration like previously but just randomly show up behind the protagonists) that is convenient. I know that we are all supposed to worship Clive Barker as this horror god and I do believe he has done a lot of the genre but this wasn’t it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Murder, Death, and Body horror
Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing
Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Abortion
silverleaf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Transphobia, Violence, and Rape
Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual assault
ksm's review against another edition
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Excrement
Minor: Sexual assault and Homophobia
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