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Die Bücher des Blutes IV-VI by Clive Barker

11 reviews

jessamcelwain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

ssummar's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

opossumble's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

renicula's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism and Religious bigotry

curtiswastaken's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

 overall great with just a few clunkers (12-15 below), overall ranking

1 Rawhead Rex
2 In the Hills, the Cities
3 Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament
4 The Midnight Meat Train
5 Dread
6 Confessions of a (Pornographer's) Shroud
7 The Yattering and Jack
8 Hell's Event
9 Pig Blood Blues
10 Scape-Goats
11 Human Remains
12 The Skins of the Fathers
13 Sons of Celluloid
14 Sex, Death and Starshine
15 New Murders in the Rue Morgue 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

cait_henry56's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

There's a reason why Clive Barker is one of the kings of Horror. I enjoyed some short stories more than others, but many will stick with me for the rest of my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, and Suicide attempt

emudds's review against another edition

dark

4.0

spooky and simultaneously perfect/the worst for reading late at night alone before bed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

ai_novel_ty's review against another edition

This is mainly a horror erotica type book. Lots of sex, masturbation, rape, etc. All of this is okay to read, I just wasn't mentally prepared to read about sex in every entry; I was expecting more horror than sex. Horror erotica is just not up my alley right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

thecrypttrip's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

This is my first time reading Clive Barker and looking at other reviews it may not be the best work to judge him on.
There is a lot of gore which doesn't bother me but also doesn't entertain and I feel most of the stories switched too quickly to the absurd. I have always preferred realism so I think maybe this just isn't for me.
I won't be rushing to pick up the next volume but there were aspects that I enjoyed. I liked Barkers writing style and there was a diverse mix of main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore