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Clive Barker's Books of Blood 3 (Clive Barker's Books of Blood) by Clive Barker
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Clive Barker Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 1986-10-01 ISBN: 0425093476 Number of pages: 1 Publisher: Berkley
Book Reviews of Clive Barker's Books of Blood 3 (Clive Barker's Books of Blood)Book Review: The best overall of 1-3 Summary: 4 StarsI have now read the "Books of Blood 1-3" and although I enjoyed a few of the stories in #1, I felt that #2 was lacking and struggled to finish it. This third installment is by far the best of the 3 in that it has the largest number of high quality stories.
1 - Son of Celluloid - I wasn't a huge fan of this one, a murderer's cancer comes to life after his death in the back of a movie theater and takes on the persona of the films that cross the screen.
2 - Rawhead Rex - The basis of the film by the same name, this story had a lot of potential to have been a novella. I would have loved to have had more background and more indepth information in this story. As a short story it was violent, brutal and left the reader wanting more... very good
3 - Confessions of a (Pornographer's) Shroud - peculiar revenge after death story. At first I didn't think I would like this one, but by the end it was pretty good. Not the strongest in the book but still and entertaining read.
4 - Scape-Goats - shipwrecked on an island build from the corpses of the dead, a young group of friends tries to survive what they cannot understand. This was another story that could have been made into a novella, I enjoyed it, but would have liked more background, more meat, more story. Again a very good read.
5 - Human Remains - the horror of vanity brought to life, what would you do to have your beauty remain forever? Would you be willing to give up your soul? The main character in this one was a huge turnoff to me, but it was still a strange and engaging story.
On the whole this is my favorite of the first 3 books of blood, highly recommended to lovers of short horror stories.
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