Believing that he has enjoyed all the pleasures of the world, Frank feels dissatisfied and eager for something more thorough. The story focuses on a supernatural puzzle and the horrors expressed in a family that has the misfortune of reading into it.įrank Cotton is a hedonist who has dedicated his life to the most extreme sensitivity to selfishness and determination. What exactly are they? I just have a million questions that weren't really answered.This is an example of the Macbrey and Bloody style introduced by Barker in his collection of short stories Blood Books. Like I want to know more about the Cenobites. It also feels like there wasn't enough background. It's kind of crazy that this story focuses so much on the characters and yet they barely exist. I liked that Barker made the characters possess very realistic attributes (even if they're practically nonexistent otherwise). This book would've had a much lower rating if I didn't find the writing to be so impressive and the story so appealing. Julia was a bitch Rory was aloof Kirsty was simpering and Frank was just a dick. They were all in possession of like one personality trait. They felt as if they were robots that were impersonating people. The characters were so one-dimensional, that it felt as if they only existed, simply to move the plot along. On the subject of characters though, I must say that they were in possession of practically no personality. The S&M motif didn't feel very played up, but rather it felt like just another factor that went into the dark character of Frank Cotton. The story itself was very creative, it takes a special person to be able to create such a weird book. This can make it more heavy of a read, but I think it really adds to the book. Clive Barker's writing style is very intricate and lovely.
It was just alright, like it wasn't great/wasn't terrible, it was just alright. I won't say that I didn't like the book, I would definitely read the sequel. I was literally the size of a Goosebumps book, with a font size to match.
The book was very short, so short that I'm going to cut this review very short. I wouldn't say that I was disappointed by this book, but it was kind of middle-of-the-road.
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