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Summary: The Essential Barker novel!
Review: This is a true work of genius. Sure, it's long and believe me you can NOT skip the first 400 pages. If you do, you will not make full sense of the book. Honestly, if you pick the book up and have an open mind the novel will repay your patience with wonders and delights. I could go on and on about this novel but I believe instead of reading thease reviews, you should be reading Barker's best yet...IMAJICA!
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Summary: RECONCILIATION..... who cares?
Review: This book was to me toture. I finished it today and though I am a soul who barely abandons a book once I pick it up I feared this would be the third of such books I have been compeled to do such with. It was tedious and lingering with a story that went nowhere even when Baker brought you to 4 other dominions! I wanted to love this book, I really did! After coming from reading The great and secret show and Everville(which were beatiful and awe inspiring in their creations) I thought Barker could do no wrong. Well i was mistaken. There was no magic in this book with characters that lacked true purpose. I only hope like them that in ten years I may have the fortune to forget I ever touched this book. perhaps my expectations were too highly set but Jeeze I couldn't wait to put this book down..and i can't bear to touch another book for a week now! The experience was far from pleasurable. No heart to a story with just self indulgent imagery and poor attempts at something new and wonderful. Attempts that fall short even with the page #.
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Summary: Intriguing Premise, Terrible Execution - Skip It
Review: The theme of the novel is intriguing - five dominions (each representing a major World religion) that is to be united by a demi-god. The fulfilment of this premise is what motivates the reader to slog through the 800-page slough, but the payoff never comes.There is no charismatic characters, heroic or evil. The plot wanders aimlessly, and Barker tries in vain to spice it up with sex and gore. The entire novel starts with a whimper (you can actually skip the first 400 pages), and ends with a whimper. If you want to read well-written dark-fantasy, try Stephen King's "Dark Tower" 1&2 (it too goes downhilll thereafter) and Donaldson's "Thomas Convenant" series (but not Donaldson's other works).
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Summary: Beauty
Review: What can I say, it was awsome. I would recomend it to anyone
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Summary: New Barker Fan- this was the BEST!
Review: I had never read Clive Barker and now am sorry for what I had missed. He is exceptional in his understanding of life and there are layers upon layers of meaning in his plots, character representations, and overall concept. For instance the concept of the Circle - "what goes around, comes around". Also, the concept of choosing to forget parts of life, parallels past life theories. How well we all choose to forget what we do not want to be responsible for! It is all too full of truths, and is fantastic in its depth of understanding. My faith is restored in the spiritual nature of man, particularly, Clive Barker. I will be reading many more of his books. And hope there is a sequel to IMAJICA. I could not put this book down.
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Summary: Explore the true worlds!
Review: I have been writing poetry for 16 years now and always fascinated the idea of writing a novel. This book cemented that idea. Clive's uncanny ability to tinge the psyche and finesse you into his world(s) is creepy and romantic! He is the only author of late that I can read and re-read over and over. Imajica is a masterpiece of the first order...run...don't just sit there...get a copy straight away. You will be very glad indeed. The entire novel as a whole is the best read.
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Summary: Imaganitive
Review: Imajica certainly is an interesting book from a story point of view - and would probably make a good movie. I found it interesting and Barker certainly has a creative mind for fantasy. I would recommend this book to someone who wants to read a straightfwd story. I gave it 3 stars because it was 1)a little simplistic in terms of the characters, 2)graphic sex passages which seemed totally out of place (compareed to the rest of the book). Thank you.
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Summary: Don't miss it!
Review: If you've read his Books of Blood, the Damnation Game, the Great and Secret Show, but haven't gotten around to Imajica yet, order it NOW. This is Clive Barker's masterpiece. Earth is part of a dominion of five other worlds, and the only one unaware of the others. This novel is about the reuniting of Earth to the other four worlds. Again, this is horrific, beautiful, mind-expanding. An incredible feat of the imagination...this is one of the few novels I will read over again.
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Summary: THE BEST BARKER
Review: If there was ever a book that let you lose yourself in another World, this is it. The first Clive Barker I read and still my favorite. I love this book!
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Summary: Well Worth the time
Review: I usally don't read that much fantasy but I have read other barker books before and I have found them irrasitable.Imajica was no exception. The only thing that I found wrong with it was that the story line was draged father out than it should have been. But we all make mestakes.
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