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The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
4.0

Clive Barker does a masterful job of blending a myriad of concepts together that in the hands of lesser authors would feel too jarring to coexist. Nonetheless, The Great and Secret Show impressively holds together fantasy, science fiction, and horror elements side by side to great effect.
Though it is unfortunately held up by padded portions of the book that often teeter on the verge of redundancy, especially during the book's much too dragged out climax.
Regardless, Barker's writing never failed to hold my attention and his prose creates a vivid picture of events that kept me coming back for more. More of a three-and-a-half star book if I'm being honest.