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Matt posted a review at 2009-11-23 16:46:04.
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This is the book that Hellraiser was based on, which follows this book closer than I thought it would. The novel is more gruesome and better paced, though.
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Brian posted a review at 2009-11-17 11:45:06.
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A good novella and the basis for the Hellraiser movies. Clive's depth of imagination shows itself well here.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-10 16:37:14.
(Language: English)
i love this book!
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A reader posted a review at 2009-07-13 12:43:36.
(Language: English)
Short, sick, twisted. I am now afraid of Rubik's cubes.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-07-01 22:50:07.
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Utterly mediocre. I'm definitely lukewarm on splatterpunk overall; I feel that this book failed utterly to accomplish anything other than bathing the reader in blood. It wasn't so much frightening as nauseating.On some level the exploration of pleasure and pain is interesting, but the execution leaves something to be desired.
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Joe posted a review at 2009-05-21 23:56:23.
(Language: English)
The characters are completely single-minded and one-dimensional, and devoid of depth. Their actions, save for what begins of the novel, have little to no consequence on the events that follow them-- things happen because they need to further the events of the story, and nothing plays against expectation or what the characters want. A novel can't be suspenseful if the characters are meaningless- we spend more time with the "bad guys" than the "good guys" in this novel and so it's not too surprising that when the conflict comes to a head at the end it's impossible to care who actually wins/loses/lives/dies. I barely know the good guys and the bad guys are hedonistic murderers. The cenobites are the most interesting part of the story, but because their role is so minimal and unexplored they become more of an excuse to describe horrific things and further work toward the (vastly unexplored) pleasure/pain relationship. They could be replaced by any supernatural force to similar effect. The only real strengths this book has is that it is short, and somehow still readable.
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Ann posted a review at 2009-04-18 02:18:15.
(Language: English)
Fast, engaging and a chilling read. This is the book that the "Hellraiser" films are based on.
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Dami posted a review at 2009-04-16 10:03:15.
(Language: English)
It was below expectation
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A reader posted a review at 2009-04-15 14:01:01.
(Language: English)
The source material for the original "hellraiser" film that scared the living bejeebus out of us in the late 80s. This novella is just as creepy, if not more so, because of it's odd lack of clarity.
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