The Hellbound Heart
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https://lisalostinbooks.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/review-the-hellboud-heart-clive-barker This is my first Clive Barker book, and it definitely won’t be my last. Furthermore I have to admit, that I haven’t seen the movie adaptation yet but it’s on my list. With the desire to satisfy his darkest pleasures, Frank Cotton obtains and opens Lemarchand's box. By that he summons the Cenobites who grant his wish. But unfortunately, the Cenobites have a different understanding of endless pleasure and so Frank gets trapped in a world of endless torture. Soon after Frank's brother Rory and his wife Julia, move into the house that Frank briefly occupied. In the past, Julia had a one night stand with Frank who disappeared shortly after and she forever yearned for him as her own marriage travelled downhill ever since. As she realises that Frank was trapped within the walls of the spare room and that it takes blood to restore him, then blood she will supply, and not think twice of the consequences. When it comes to the characters Frank and Julia where amazing. Well developed and interesting. I personally didn’t care about Rory at all but his little sidekick Kristy got on my nerves. She is inexplicably devoted and desperately in love with Rory. The Cenobites are not main characters per se, merely tools. Nothing much is revealed on them other than the fact that they work with simple rules to play the darkest game imaginable. Clive Barkers writing style is unique and beautiful and horrifying. Being a 164 pages long novella, it is quite fast paced, and the horror already begins on first few pages. Despite the short length of it, we get to delve into the motivations of the main characters with a remarkable amount of detail. I can recommend this book to every horror fan out there, despite the fact, that I think that most of you probably know it already.
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https://lisalostinbooks.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/review-the-hellboud-heart-clive-barker This is my first Clive Barker book, and it definitely won’t be my last. Furthermore I have to admit, that I haven’t seen the movie adaptation yet but it’s on my list. With the desire to satisfy his darkest pleasures, Frank Cotton obtains and opens Lemarchand's box. By that he summons the Cenobites who grant his wish. But unfortunately, the Cenobites have a different understanding of endless pleasure and so Frank gets trapped in a world of endless torture. Soon after Frank's brother Rory and his wife Julia, move into the house that Frank briefly occupied. In the past, Julia had a one night stand with Frank who disappeared shortly after and she forever yearned for him as her own marriage travelled downhill ever since. As she realises that Frank was trapped within the walls of the spare room and that it takes blood to restore him, then blood she will supply, and not think twice of the consequences. When it comes to the characters Frank and Julia where amazing. Well developed and interesting. I personally didn’t care about Rory at all but his little sidekick Kristy got on my nerves. She is inexplicably devoted and desperately in love with Rory. The Cenobites are not main characters per se, merely tools. Nothing much is revealed on them other than the fact that they work with simple rules to play the darkest game imaginable. Clive Barkers writing style is unique and beautiful and horrifying. Being a 164 pages long novella, it is quite fast paced, and the horror already begins on first few pages. Despite the short length of it, we get to delve into the motivations of the main characters with a remarkable amount of detail. I can recommend this book to every horror fan out there, despite the fact, that I think that most of you probably know it already.