The Scarlet Gospels
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Average rating3.3
Long-beleaguered supernatural private investigator Harry D'Amour and his entourage of mortal sidekicks are lured to the infernal realm to serve as "witness" to what the demon Pinhead calls "my gospels": a succession of gruesome atrocities.
The Scarlet Gospels takes readers back many years to the early days of two of Barker's most iconic characters in a battle of good and evil as old as time: The long-beleaguered detective Harry D'Amour, investigator of all supernatural, magical, and malevolent crimes faces off against his formidable, and intensely evil rival, Pinhead, the priest of hell. Barker devotees have been waiting for The Scarlet Gospels with bated breath for years, and it's everything they've begged for and more. Bloody, terrifying, and brilliantly complex, fans and newcomers alike will not be disappointed by the epic, visionary tale that is The Scarlet Gospels. Barker's horror will make your worst nightmares seem like bedtime stories. The Gospels are coming.--amazon.com
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3 primary books#3 in Hellraiser
Hellraiser is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1986 with contributions by Clive Barker and Mark Alan Miller.
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Like the first, this book cannot compete in any sense with the movies, but it has a great and elaborated plot, for the genre. It does not rely only on fear, it actually had a plot the author wanted to tell, adding some details of hell and the the cenobite's mythology along the way
It felt like a drag during many parts, the human's roles were pretty meaningless, the final battle was epic.
The first third or so of The Scarlet Gospels was highly focused and left me anticipating what was to come.
The rest was lightweight for a Clive Barker horror novel, especially when he has all these iconic characters (Harry D'Amour, Pinhead, Lucifer) to knock together.
I miss the older, more intense Barker.
”Demons to some, angels to others” isn't true anymore, the Priest (“Pinhead”) is just straight up looking to take over the world and hell itself. The random mentions and descriptions of various creatures' genitals just felt out of place and in most cases entirely irrelevant to the scene. Barker's worldbuilding is still top notch, thankfully, and the main characters are well written and fleshed out (pun intended). I guess I just expected more ambiguity regarding the Priest
