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A review by alyssaacula
Hellbound Hearts by Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane
4.0
Dark and insanely twisted and a lot of trigger warnings apply--especially for rape, violence, abuse of both child and women, torture, and a bunch of other gory stuff that one should be prepared for before delving into a story. The more graphic ones definitely made my skin crawl. Certain pieces shone though as precious gems with their uniqueness, amidst the pile of torture porn filled stories, resembling the style of classic fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, and those typical of The NoSleep Podcast narrations. Those were my absolute favorites.
As this was inspired by Clive Barker's work 'The Hellbound Heart', and the Hellraiser movies, there were a lot of allusions to those that I completely didn't get as I onle became aware of those when I read the Intro and Afterword of this collection.
As this was inspired by Clive Barker's work 'The Hellbound Heart', and the Hellraiser movies, there were a lot of allusions to those that I completely didn't get as I onle became aware of those when I read the Intro and Afterword of this collection.