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Summary: Unearthing memories
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The first of Barker's books I've ever read, and it impressed me:For one, I was 100 pages into the book before I thought to check what page I was on. That never happens. But Weaveworld is *extremely* easy to start into... For two, Barker's writing style is so immersing that at times I found myself believing the magics described in Weaveworld to be real. And, lastly, whether it be good or bad, I found myself overcome with longing throughout much of the book--for the Fugue, the magics, the fairy tale happiness (and fairy tale horror)... these are things I thought I was through wishing for when I grew into adulthood (I'm 20 now). Weaveworld has unearthed many of my childhood memories--something Barker intended, no doubt--and I find myself pleased that it did so. If you suspect you're like me, that you might be pleased, that you're prone to believing in magic... get ahold of Weaveworld. And if you're a molded literary machine (if your heart was lost long ago) perhaps you shouldn't read this book.
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Summary: Great Fantasy
Review: Wow, what a book. Hesitant to say "Barker's best book", because Imajica and Books of Blood is so excellent too. All I can say is "Get this book and enjoy!" It's what fantasy is all about, with magic worlds, other-worldly beings and dark twists. Barker is a great fantasist you definitely have to read.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Just doesn't live up to its reputation. I found it virtually impossible to identify with any of the main characters and the motivation for their behaviour and actions, the dialogue is just plain corny in places and, the more the story goes on, the clearer it becomes that Barker is having trouble controlling all the different strands of his story. Ultimately, the whole thing drags. Not so much unputdownable as unpickupable.
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Summary: perfect!
Review: a epic fantasy set in England, where in a mystical carpet, the Fugue, lives the Seerkind, a dying race. The protagonist Calhoun Mooney is a pigeon racer who has no idea what he's in for. I strongly recommend this to any fantasy fan but especially for the fan of unconventional fantasy. I can't sum this book up. It's way too detailed and intricate. Pure originality and brilliance. READ IT!!!!!
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Summary: Magnificent! Pure imagination put to print!
Review: Weaveworld is the enchanting storing of calhoun mooney, who falls into the magical world of the Fugue. Though he only gets a quick glimse, he perseveres and finds the carpet after many strange happenings occur. There are many characters,all of them brilliantly developed. This is a great book. I can't write anymore without spoiling it. READ IT!
you won't regret it
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Summary: A hypnotic masterpeice
Review: This book is the best Clive Barker I've ever read. I couldn't put it down! It's completely action packed and he doesn't take the book in circles the way his books usually do. I haven't even finished it yet, but I had to say that this book is totally awesome and that if you're reading this review right now.... go buy this book!
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Summary: Some wonderful ideas, but not very well written.
Review: _Weaveworld_ was the first Clive Barker novel I read, and it was almost the last. While the novel has some compelling and original ideas, there were aspects of the writing style which bothered me so much I almost didn't finish it. The story concerns a faerie world, called the fugue, hidden in a large carpet. There are demonic and human forces in our world trying to find and destroy it. Cal and Suzanna, the two main human characters, discover the carpet and become its protectors. Barker populates the fugue with strange and wonderful characters and places, and makes the evil forces trying to destroy it equally horrific and repellent. However, I felt like the novel was too fast-paced. Monumental events would occur, only to be undone a fraction of the book later. Character situations would change before I could understand or empathize with the current ones. Also, I found some aspects of Barker's writing to be awkward and clumsy. For example, more than a few times he would have a character reflect on recent (offstage) events in order to fill the reader in. Since finishing _Weaveworld_, I've started _The Great and Secret Show_, and the improvement in writing style is striking. If you're considering trying Barker, I would recommend skipping this novel, and trying one of his others.
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Summary: This is my favorite story ever...
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. Clive Barker is a master storyteller with a killer imagination!
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Summary: Wonderful Surprise....
Review: This was the first novel I had read by CLIVE BARKER and was thoroughly sold by his talent. Mr. Barker is a wonderful storyteller and WEAVE WORLD held my attention from page one to the end. It is the kind of story one will read again and again. A definate bookshelf keeper!
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Summary: The Imagination Within Reach
Review: Weaveworld is the story of an artifact known as the fugue, a carpet that hides a land of imagination. It is the final refuge for the magical people of the world, the Seerkind. They have been driven from reality by a mysterious creature known as The Scourge and the greedy and ignorant "cuckoos" of everyday life. The fugue protects the wonderful forces that defy logic. It is a land that almost every reader will want to visit. The seerkind cannot rest undisturbed, however. They find themselves in a two way conflict, with the twisted beings spawned in the darkness of the imagination, and worse, the urge of humankind to supress the irrational and crush the creative. A normal man named Calhoun Mooney stumbles upon the secret of the fugue, realizes its importance, and does everything in his power to protect it from the magic wielding villainess, Immacolata, and her human assistant, Shadwell, a clever and insincere salesman. Mooney is not enough to stop them, but he meets Suzanna, a woman with a link to the world of magic. Some of the other critics would debate my choice of five stars, but I believe they are well deserved. There are some complaints about sexual content,(almost certainly concerning the Magdalene)but I believe it is inserted to represent a dark region of the subconscious. The sexuality is presented with an almost Freudian purpose rather than with the simple objective of shock value. The one complaint in common with readers that dislike Weaveworld is that they don't care what happens to the fugue, a land representing freedom from the tyranny of the rational mind and the bonds of society. If you have no desire to travel to such a place and no interest in its preservation, perhaps Weaveworld will not work its magic on you, but there is a chance that it may change your beliefs.
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