![]() ![]() ![]() PLOT SUMMARY: The plot without giving away anything is about a guy who gets a group of aspiring writers to agree to isolate themselves from society for the sake of nurturing their budding literary talents. To be fair, Clive Barker gets very graphic in his stuff, but the difference is he still tries to creep out the reader and there is the usual supernatural elements involved. I do enjoy the horror genre (hence the reason I bought the novel in the first place) and like the usual authors like Stephen King, Clive Barker, Lovecraft and various misc authors who contribute to horror story collections, but I don't care for this type of horror. Maybe the novel picked up from there - but personally by that point - I could care less. DISCLAIMER: I only made it half way through and just gave up when the characters started hacking off their limbs - seriously. While I'll admit the characters, style and the structure was cleverly written (along with the plot initially), I think the author wasn't so much interested in scaring (or creeping out) the reader as making them simply nauseous. This was a vile and disgusting read and quite frankly, I hate this book. ![]()
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