Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker

5 reviews

erikwmj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Excrement, Violence, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Incest and Sexual assault

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.5

I accidentally read the sequel to this earlier this year and I have to say, getting all the pieces to the puzzle of the second book was satisfying but more than that, it's another expertly woven tapestry of world building and a carefully crafted plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Excrement, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Infertility, and Sexual assault

silverleaf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Gore, War, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

mia7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Gore, Incest, Violence, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Murder, Fatphobia, Excrement, Death of parent, and Rape

Moderate: Racial slurs and Religious bigotry

Minor: Homophobia

theneverendingtbr's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

“Is there any good news?'' Tesla said.

Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be good news?”

Well I've news for you, I didn't particularly like this book; this is the kind of book that throws me into a slump.

The start of it was full of promise, but after that it got too dense, the characters became forgetful and it just didn't make a lick of sense to me - I just got lost and didn't have a clue what was happening. 

I've been a Barker fan for half my life and this is my least favourite of his by far.

Barker has said in interviews that this novel was the hardest to write of all his books, I can appreciate this, he never gave up and I suppose there's loads of people out there who see this as a masterpiece; i can appreciate that too - but this one just isn't for me.

I thought it was hard enough getting my head around Imajica but this one is just too much - that is all! 

I'm looking forward to my next Barker read though, always!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, and Gore