Scan barcode
A review by larsdradrach
The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
5.0
A story hard to categorize, but probably most horror and/or fantasy, suffices so say it's brilliant.
A story of a quest for knowledge and power at the cost of everything else and the people affected by it, a story of a small suburbia town suddenly becoming the focus of far to much attention, but most of all a story of the ART.
Clive Barker weaves the narrative effortlessly around numerous characters and settings without ever losing the reader, all done with a marvelous rich language, it reminded me somehow of [b:Carrion Comfort|11286|Carrion Comfort|Dan Simmons|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388203579s/11286.jpg|909623] based on the build up of the story and the language.
Many places in the narrative where other writers would be content with the storyline and wrap it up, Barker adds yet another layer to the story without ever losing the overall thread.
It's like watching the front runners in Tour-de-France climbing the high peaks, when you think they are exhausted, they find another gear and manges to accelerate towards the top.
My only concern with this one is that it apparently was meant as 1. part of a trilogy and volume 3. is still missing, but still i have acquired volume 2 so there is that to look forward to.
A story of a quest for knowledge and power at the cost of everything else and the people affected by it, a story of a small suburbia town suddenly becoming the focus of far to much attention, but most of all a story of the ART.
Clive Barker weaves the narrative effortlessly around numerous characters and settings without ever losing the reader, all done with a marvelous rich language, it reminded me somehow of [b:Carrion Comfort|11286|Carrion Comfort|Dan Simmons|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388203579s/11286.jpg|909623] based on the build up of the story and the language.
Many places in the narrative where other writers would be content with the storyline and wrap it up, Barker adds yet another layer to the story without ever losing the overall thread.
It's like watching the front runners in Tour-de-France climbing the high peaks, when you think they are exhausted, they find another gear and manges to accelerate towards the top.
My only concern with this one is that it apparently was meant as 1. part of a trilogy and volume 3. is still missing, but still i have acquired volume 2 so there is that to look forward to.