The Hellbound Heart
by Clive Barker
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Author: Clive BarkerEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1991-12-05
ISBN: 0061002828
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: HarperTorch
Book Reviews of The Hellbound Heart
Book Review: CLIVE BARKER IS A LITERARY GENIOUS!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This novel is definetily Mr. Barker's most brilliant excursuion into terror. The plot was well constructed, the narrative was beutifully written, and the characters were interesting and very real. However I think the Cenobites were the most facinating aspect of this novel. Clive Barker has created a set of very intriguing demons whose mannerisms are very consistent with standard Christian theology. Not only does the nature of these creatures have a very apealing familiarty but Clive Barker has also interjected his own nightmarish visions into the appearence and behavior of these hellspawn thus creatring demons that are very traditoinal yet unique and original as well. Overall this novel is profoundly disturbing and overwhelmingly macabre It is also very poetic and morbidly entertaing.I particuraly enjoyed the idea of foolish humans like the character of uncle Frank who seek a release from the daily mediocrity of their lives by searching for the ultimate experience. but upon opening the forbidden box and unleashing the Cenobites into their earthly realm they do not encounter boundless pleasures and untold fortunes as they had expected, but are instead greeted by 5 hideous monstosities that have crawled forth from the blackest infernoes of hell. It is then that these creatures grant the mortal's wish by allowing them to experience a sensation that is not in any way pleasurable as they had anticipated but is so overwhelming that it is excruciatengly painful and maddeningly terrifying. Then this person must pay for the unholy experience with their very soul. It is then that they come to the horrible realizattion of hell's forgotten promises and the unbridled pain and suffering of the abyss. Not only is this novel absolutely mindblowing in the ferocity of it's horror but throughout the course of it's intricate plot the author explores some of the darker aspects of humanity such as lust, betrayl, temptation, and, suffering. I strongly reccomend this novel and the films that it inspired to anyone who t! houghroly enjoys exellence in horror fiction . This next section is adressed to the author himself. Dear Mr. Barker as an aspiring novelist and filmmaker as well as a devoted fan I certainly hope that you are able to take time from your grueling schedule so that you may look at these reviews periodically to see what your fans think. It would also bring me great pleasure to know that you have seen my appreciation for your work. - Steven Peluso age 14
Summary of The Hellbound Heart
From his Books of Blood to The Damnation Game, Weaveworld, and The Great and Secret Show, to scores of short stories, bestselling novels, and now major motion pictures, no one comes close to the vivid imagination and unique terrors provided by Clive Barker.
The Hellbound Heart is one of his best, a nerve-shattering novella about the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within its endless domain. It is about greed and love, lovelessness and despair, desire and death, life and captivity, bells and blood. It is one of the most dead-frightening stories you are likely to ever read.
Clive Barker is widely acknowledged as the master of nerve-shattering horror. The Hellbound Heart is one of his best, one of the most dead-frightening stories you are likely to ever read, a story of the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within.
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