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A review by mttgrms
Weaveworld by Clive Barker
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.25
Well, well. This book.
My third Barker and by far the worst. I hope, for me, that this is his rock bottom because I am not done with him yet. And it is so praised.
The writing / wording is good, and I won't go into it.
But the rest is a mess. It starts and ends the same way. (This is not a spoiler. There is an ending) But I mean, Barker found a poetic way to say: I don't know how to start this and how to end this.
"Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment;..."
Main characters, and most characters in general, lack motivation or reason. Why are they doing these things? They become detached from their reality in pursuit of this nonsensical quest. Let's not speak of Geraldine Kellaway. (Cal's girlfriend)
The one exception is the main antagonist, Shadwell. He is the sole driving force of the book. In fact, it is his story we are reading. This book would have been much better if read through his eyes. I could imagine following this vilain through his perilous schemes for profit and world domination. That would have been a 5/5 book.
I'll end this, like the book, with snow.
Snow. The snowstorm at the end of the book. I kept wondering if Barker, when writing this, had ever experienced a snowstorm.
My third Barker and by far the worst. I hope, for me, that this is his rock bottom because I am not done with him yet. And it is so praised.
The writing / wording is good, and I won't go into it.
But the rest is a mess. It starts and ends the same way. (This is not a spoiler. There is an ending) But I mean, Barker found a poetic way to say: I don't know how to start this and how to end this.
"Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment;..."
Main characters, and most characters in general, lack motivation or reason. Why are they doing these things? They become detached from their reality in pursuit of this nonsensical quest. Let's not speak of Geraldine Kellaway. (Cal's girlfriend)
The one exception is the main antagonist, Shadwell. He is the sole driving force of the book. In fact, it is his story we are reading. This book would have been much better if read through his eyes. I could imagine following this vilain through his perilous schemes for profit and world domination. That would have been a 5/5 book.
I'll end this, like the book, with snow.
Snow. The snowstorm at the end of the book. I kept wondering if Barker, when writing this, had ever experienced a snowstorm.