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“Hell is reimagined by each generation. Its terrain is surveyed for absurdities and remade and, if necessary, reinvented to suit the current climate of atrocity; its architecture is redesigned to appall the eye of the modern damned. In an earlier age Pandemonium - the first city of Hell - stood on a lava mountain while lighting tore the clouds above it and beacons burned on its walls to summon the fallen angels. Now, such spectacle belongs to Hollywood. Hell stands transposed. No lightning, no pits of fire."
- from Clive Barkers’ “The Damnation Game"

Clive Barker’s first full-length novel is magnificent. It’s dark, intense and mostly unrelenting in it’s steady construction of supernatural horror. While full of gut wrenching visuals and causing a limitation of my ability to fall asleep, this novel beats with a heart of literature under it’s skin of genre horror.

Barker builds his story and characters layer by layer. Some might feel the early going is a bit slow but I would argue that the greatest of meals are those that take longer to make.

I’ve only recently discovered how pervasive is H.P. Lovecraft’s influence in modern horror. Not sure how this stayed off my radar for so long, but let’s just be glad that I finally figured out. “Damnation Game” in imbued with the spirit of Lovecraft. Just take a glimpse at a couple of passages from Barker, and his Lovecraftian storytelling of an otherworldly evil that lives just beyond site of the visible world and just on the edge of the great Void.

“It was, for a moment, not her who started out between the bars. It was something dredged up from the bottom of the sea. Black eyes swiveling in a gray head. Some primeval genus that viewed him - he knew this to his marrow - with hatred in its bowels."

“He became aware (was it just his dream life, denied its span in sleepless nights, spreading into wakefulness?) of another world, hovering beyond or behind the facade of reality."

If there’s anything to downgrade my rating it’s Barker’s awkwardly rapid transition of the budding affair of our two protagonists from tentative emotional exploration to full on can’t-live-without-you intensity. I either missed a paragraph or two, or Marty and Carys fell hard and fast after the first time they ‘hooked up’.

It’s a relatively small complaint, however. The story is terrific; the plot solid; the finish satisfying. Highly recommended.


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The Damnation Game Clive Barker Books Reviews

This was the first Clive Barker novel I read. Having found out the director of this new horror film, Hellraiser, was also a writer, I was on the look out for his work.
I certainly wasn’t disappointed, and neither will you.
A fantastic read, grab it now.
Barker's choice of nullity as the central theme is intriguing. To then build horror from such a dogma is impressive indeed! The story has great pace, and while I didn't find myself overly attached to any of the characters, the horror is vivid and shockingly unsettling. An addictive page-turner, quick read and wonderfully descriptive style.
Clive Barker's first venture into the world of novels pays off handsomely as this is probably one of the best books he has ever written barring the Books of Blood anthology.

This is a unique novel that is extremely well written with a creative and inventive storyline that features some of the most striking uses of the imagination ever conceived and constitute an immersive read that will captivate the reader from start to end.

Surely one of the most original, creative and innovative books within the horror genre that will go down in history as a classic.
I don't think i've ever read a Clive Barker book i didn't enjoy and this book is no exception. The story works as a horror story providing plenty of scares and blood and gore but there are deeper layers as well. It is as much about the nature and cost of desire as anything else and Clive explores the subject masterfully. The characters are all engaging and believable and the plot flows very well, i was never bored with this book. I sincerely hope Clive Barker continues to write for many years to come as he has given me many hours of enjoyment with his books.
I'm so glad I chose to read this book. Clive Barker is definitely now on the list of favorite authors. Though the beginning had a bit of a slow start, it picked up and boy did it ever have my imagination on a crazy rollercoaster. The ending was not what I expected. But glad that's how it ends. In it's weird way, it's a lovely story and I enjoyed the characters. All of them. That is rare for me to say.
This is different from his usual story's. The way he introduces each character makes you think each chapter is a separate story. By chapter 27, the story now begins to unfold. At first, I would read a little, go back, etc. Not good! Give yourself time to read several chapters at the first reading. I no longer have the time to sit and read as long as I used to. I ended up making time to really get into the story, which now it's getting good. A lot of the story is written in the first person, so if you stop reading for a time, you forget who you're reading about.
By chapter 27, you're hooked and now you can't put it down.
Who is a horror fan who doesn't love Clive Barker? He's phenomenal, and The Damnation Game is no exception. The horror is relentless and the chills just keep on coming. As always, Barker exercise total control, and his knowledge of historical fact, and his absolutely complete character development is incredible. This book leaves nothing to the imagination and will provide the reader with much food for thought. There are some very graphic moments, and this book is definitely not for the squeamish. As always, with Barker, you need a seatbelt and airbags. But, if you enjoy horror which is unrelenting and unforgiving--no apology offfered--then The Damnation Game is the book for you. A must read for true fans of the genre!
“Hell is reimagined by each generation. Its terrain is surveyed for absurdities and remade and, if necessary, reinvented to suit the current climate of atrocity; its architecture is redesigned to appall the eye of the modern damned. In an earlier age Pandemonium - the first city of Hell - stood on a lava mountain while lighting tore the clouds above it and beacons burned on its walls to summon the fallen angels. Now, such spectacle belongs to Hollywood. Hell stands transposed. No lightning, no pits of fire."
- from Clive Barkers’ “The Damnation Game"

Clive Barker’s first full-length novel is magnificent. It’s dark, intense and mostly unrelenting in it’s steady construction of supernatural horror. While full of gut wrenching visuals and causing a limitation of my ability to fall asleep, this novel beats with a heart of literature under it’s skin of genre horror.

Barker builds his story and characters layer by layer. Some might feel the early going is a bit slow but I would argue that the greatest of meals are those that take longer to make.

I’ve only recently discovered how pervasive is H.P. Lovecraft’s influence in modern horror. Not sure how this stayed off my radar for so long, but let’s just be glad that I finally figured out. “Damnation Game” in imbued with the spirit of Lovecraft. Just take a glimpse at a couple of passages from Barker, and his Lovecraftian storytelling of an otherworldly evil that lives just beyond site of the visible world and just on the edge of the great Void.

“It was, for a moment, not her who started out between the bars. It was something dredged up from the bottom of the sea. Black eyes swiveling in a gray head. Some primeval genus that viewed him - he knew this to his marrow - with hatred in its bowels."

“He became aware (was it just his dream life, denied its span in sleepless nights, spreading into wakefulness?) of another world, hovering beyond or behind the facade of reality."

If there’s anything to downgrade my rating it’s Barker’s awkwardly rapid transition of the budding affair of our two protagonists from tentative emotional exploration to full on can’t-live-without-you intensity. I either missed a paragraph or two, or Marty and Carys fell hard and fast after the first time they ‘hooked up’.

It’s a relatively small complaint, however. The story is terrific; the plot solid; the finish satisfying. Highly recommended.