false <![CDATA[The Hellbound Heart]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170391829m/52635.jpg 52635 7 Clive Barker is widely acknowledged as the master of nerve-shattering horror. <I>The Hellbound Heart</I> 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. 1093522 1986 The Hellbound Heart total:1448|5:408|4:528|3:422|2:80|1:10| 1448 5588 1780 97 2 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 22:42:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 22:11:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Apr 13 13:32:49 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 13:33:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 20:21:13 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 19:17:03 -0800 2008 Abarat novels (a YA series of his). Even though the artwork was impressive, everything else about Abarat let me down, ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 06 09:05:16 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 09:10:44 -0700 2007 The Hellbound Heart is an example of a story that gets it just right.

Gross? Yes. Visceral? Yes. But also redemtive and even bizarrely touching.

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The sentences of Clive Barker are vivid and direct. He has an impressive confidence with language. He switches between the point of view of characters with ease, and it is never confusing. He can describe a monster and you smell it.

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-Great plot without being too gory (very gory in concept, but no elaborate descriptions of goriness, so I think the movie was more disturbing in this aspect)
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It was very imaginative and well written, i got through all of it in one sitting. Interestin...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 13:23:37 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 13:53:11 -0800 2009 5 0 false true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 09:44:48 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 09:46:53 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 16:47:06 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 16:49:43 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Tue Jan 13 18:50:37 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 18:52:01 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=52635