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Brian posted a review at .
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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 .
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i love this book!
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Douglas posted a review at .
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Short, sick, twisted. I am now afraid of Rubik's cubes.
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Tyler posted a review at .
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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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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 .
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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 .
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It was below expectation
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Cristy posted a review at .
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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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Lacey posted a review at .
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Another masterpiece written by The master of the Macabre himself. I'll never get sick of Clive Barker's material.
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A reader posted a review at .
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A highly imaginative, dark tale about a puzzlebox that once solved, unleashes the portal of hell. A lovely set of demons will greet you and off to rip your soul apart. Y'know the kind of peeps you invite to a party. Not the biggest novel in the world, but with a high caliber writing style and an engrossing story with excellent characters, who cares? Geddit.
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