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Facelook Company facelook — One of the best books I've erad in a long time- this Trilogy is really riveting. I enjoyed it immensely!

Yuqi Pu puyuqi — The first story was Dread. I quite liked this one. It begins with a student and teacher, Quaid and Cheryl, discussing emotions like fear and dread. When Cheryl says she can’t feel fear, Quaid manages to prove her wrong. This part is shown as Quaid’s guest, Steve, is browsing through Quaid’s collection of photographs. In this part of the story, Quaid recollects how he imprisoned Cheryl with only a piece of steak to eat. (She’s a vegetarian.) The way Clive Barker describes this is very effective. His writing is very straightforward in order to paint shocking images of a woman being driven insane by her tormentor. He manages to dive into the psyche of each individual character, showing their thoughts and progresses the descent into insanity. For example, take this terrifying excerpt: “But nobody came to interrupt him, as he made friends with the axe. First he smiled at it. The curve of the blade of the axe smiled back. Then he touched it. The axe seemed to like being touched.” Barker’s use of point-of-view and personification is very effective and very well done. Hell’s Event is a mildly interesting story about Hell trying to claim new victims during some sort of big race. It packs some good suspense when Cameron accidently finds a passageway and begins his decent into Hell, Dante’s interpretation. The minions of Hell also try to chase down another person named Joel and attempt to claim him as well. Like I’ve said before, there are some minor scares, but I felt like this story had much more potential than that which was given. Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament reminded me a lot of Carrie. It involves a girl who discovers her frightening power akin to that of telekinesis. With this power, she kills many people who she feels have wronged her. There are three moments when the story shifts to a man named Vassi, who, for some reason, is madly in love with Jacqueline. So madly in love, it would be as understatement not to call it obsession. While I felt this story was a bit too long-winded for its own good, I was entertained by it. The ending was somewhat of a twist, but it certainly wasn’t anything too shocking, unlike In the Hills, the Cities. The Skins of the Fathers starts off to an exciting start. Davidson gets attacked by some sort of creature. However, I felt like I didn’t need to read details about how Davidson soiled his pants out of fear or that then creature’s genitals were erect. Gross. There’s even a part later in the story where he gets an erection while being consumed by the ground. Really Barker? I think you’re taking this way too far. Anyways, the story involves the town curiously named Welcome being attacked by demons. I felt it hard to keep my attention by this point. There were several characters trying to fight off monsters and this story certainly seemed less unique or engaging compared to the first novel. New Murders in the Rue Morgue is a very bizarre story, which shouldn’t be too surprising, considering the abnormality of the previous tales. This one involves a man named Philippe who murdered an innocent young girl. However, there is a mysterious man (Is it really a man?) found in his apartment. This story read very quickly, but like previous tales, didn’t feel wholly captivating. Out of all the previous stories, this one is quite reminiscent of Pig Blood Blues in that it has a mystery involving a creature and an ending that feels very familiar. I give this story commendation for not being as long-winded as some of the others, but it still feels lacking of the necessary hook or scare that the first book had. Another major complaint I had about this book was the misogyny. How often does the reader have to read about a woman being called a whore? (Perhaps it’s just me overreacting but) Clive Barker really seems to enjoy objectifying women? The reader is oftentimes subjected to read about the woman’s breasts or long passages about sex. (Geez Clive, getting a bit too excited there?) At this moment, I find it hard to recall just how many times I’ve read the word “whore,” but it’s just about everywhere here. The passages about sex and body parts are sometimes just disturbing, particularly in the last story. All in all, the first book was a strong collection of short horror stories, including some of the most interesting ones I’ve read. (Keep in mind, I haven’t read much, but I certainly recommend Douglas Clegg.) This novel was decent, but certainly not as good. The best story in this would definetly be Dread, since it was the only one that was suspenseful, disturbing and throughoughly entertaining throughout. However, this installment failed to keep up with the first.

Joshua Healy _ecktickxx — I saw this book mentioned in the Book Review of the New York Times a few weeks ago and ordered it from my local library. It sounded like the perfect book to read while in our summer rental cottage on the lake, especially since I'd be visited by a friend from Catholic school days and this book was about a group of friends who went to Catholic school together. Unfortunately my expectations were not really met -- it was only ok. I could have done without the crime element that wasn't really that well developed but was there interspersed between the more interesting stories of these girlfriends getting together for a month on the beach. So, it was an "ok" summer read but overall disappointing.

Jimmy Coburn jcoburn13 — The first time I picked this one up, I didn't put it down for two days till I finished it. Same with the other two of the series.