A review by sevaspeto
Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller, Clive Barker

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This was overall a little scattershot for me — "The Toll" was *really* good, and builds upon Kirsty's story from Hellraiser/The Hellbound Heart; despite this only being co-written with Barker, I actually dug this more than the original novella. But the subsequent three stories were a bit more inconsistent -- "Nesting" was decent and unsettling, "The Dive" was absolutely terrible and just felt like a monster mash fever dream, and "What The Body Does" was actually really compelling. Honestly, this was a borderline 4 for me, but "The Dive" absolutely dragged it down (no pun intended, haha).