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museoffire 's review for:
Abarat
by Clive Barker
I love Clive Barker, its hard not to if you are at all a fan of the horror genre. He pushes the envelope then tears it into little tiny pieces and sets fire to them before flushing the ash down the toilet. I definitely have to be in a Barker "mood" as it were, but when I am he always satisfies.
Which is why I have to admit to only LIKING "Abarat" not loving it. There's ultimately nothing new here. The story of Candy Quakenbush and her journey to the dark fairy tale world of the Abarat has been told about 9 gabillion times at last count and while hugely enhanced by Barker's amazing, psychadelic art work, authors like C.S. Lewis, Guy Gavriel Kay and Peter Beagle did it first and did it better.
If you want some really good fantasy Barker I highly recommend "The Thief of Always" which does say something new and has just the right blend of the macabre and childlike innocence.
Which is why I have to admit to only LIKING "Abarat" not loving it. There's ultimately nothing new here. The story of Candy Quakenbush and her journey to the dark fairy tale world of the Abarat has been told about 9 gabillion times at last count and while hugely enhanced by Barker's amazing, psychadelic art work, authors like C.S. Lewis, Guy Gavriel Kay and Peter Beagle did it first and did it better.
If you want some really good fantasy Barker I highly recommend "The Thief of Always" which does say something new and has just the right blend of the macabre and childlike innocence.