A review by enoyes
Imajica by Clive Barker

adventurous mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

A major flaw with this book is that I did not care about the success of the main characters one bit. There is a part where a character says that he is a friend of the main character and my first thought was “why?” I would NEVER be the main character (Gentle)’s friend and I never saw a reason to root for him. 

The world building is really great and so interesting that it was really disappointing for the end to reinforce gender stereotypes. You are creating a new world with queer characters - why wouldn’t you imagine a world without gender stereotypes? 

I spent so much time on this book and I do think some parts are interesting and innovative but overall not worth the 800+ pages