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A review by nilocennis
The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker
1.0
Why is it so hard to tell a good Hellraiser story?
After a banger opening scene, and a very cool pitch of "noir detective fights Pinhead", the book transforms into a colossal mess about 1/3 of the way in, with all of the imagery you'd expect from Barker, but none of the Gothic horror, language or-most importantly-mystique that you'd want from this kind of book.
Super messy and incredibly disappointing. There's a fifty-page sequence that feels like pure noise. I'm honestly surprised that Barker was capable of something this poor. I don't know what happened.
After a banger opening scene, and a very cool pitch of "noir detective fights Pinhead", the book transforms into a colossal mess about 1/3 of the way in, with all of the imagery you'd expect from Barker, but none of the Gothic horror, language or-most importantly-mystique that you'd want from this kind of book.
Super messy and incredibly disappointing. There's a fifty-page sequence that feels like pure noise. I'm honestly surprised that Barker was capable of something this poor. I don't know what happened.