Wow. Clive Barker is a master. This novel is a truly meditative and breathtaking exploration of death, love, loss, forgiveness, and coming of age. It is a philosophical probe into our fears and hopes, and is an unapologetic reverie of sexuality, desire, and LIFE. This book is a commentary on the human experience. It took me a while to read this novel, mostly because I wanted to think about what I was reading, meditate on it, and relish the way Barker strung together his sentences.
The imagery is nothing short of stunning.
I laughed. I shivered. I burned with desire. I hungered for more. I recoiled when there was sensory overload. I probed the darkness and bathed in the light. I wept.
I wept.
This is one of my favorite novels I have ever read.