Imajica by Clive Barker || Spoiler Free Book Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ย. 2021
- This dark fantasy epic has made a big splash in the genre. A truly unique experience for any fantasy or horror reader. Imajica is Barker's magnum opus, surpassing the scope of the popular Weaveworld. If you have picked this up, let me know your thoughts on it. #booktube #bookreview #clivebarker #fantasy
I read Imajica when it was first published. I enjoyed this novel, and it impressed me, but I have not thought about it for many decades...until watching your video. Immediately, the image of Pie'oh'pah, the pneuma, and woman in Victorian dress being swallowed and pulled apart by two twin transparent monsters from the void where a ceremony had gone disastrously wrong, sprung into my head. After 30 years, Clive Barker still has a surprising amount of real estate in my mind. The pneuma, along with Immacolota's menstruum in Weavewold, always fascinated me, because Clive Barker imbued such power in the most common bodily substances, things which are utterly common place, until he reminded us that those substances were the building blocks of all human life. A far cry from enchanted swords and wizard's staffs. So original, and yet so elemental. I'm greatly enjoying your Clive Barker reviews...your insights are intelligent and nuanced. Looking forward to your future reviews of, not only Clive Barker, but other authors as well.
Wow! This made my day :) thank you so much for your kind words and support. I greatly appreciate it
Retelling any bible story in a controversial fashion is a good way to get me interested. I am very envious of how well you explain and break things down. You don't seem to waste anytime and it's really admirable. This is now on my tbr
Thanks Jimmy! That means a lot
My absolute favorite literary work.
The Imajica is my favorite book. I've read it 3 or 4 times in the last 30 years. It is a beautifully written book! The things you listed as both Pro / Con were definitely all Pros for me. I could see some people being uncomfortable about Pie O Pah. Pie didn't bother me depends on how you perceive it at least for some people. Great review, one hell of a vocabulary yourself. Very good.
I read Hellbound Heart in October and was blown away by Barker's prose, definitely an author I'll be prioritising in 2022
Hellbound heart is so good! The man is a wordsmith and criminally underrepresented in the SFF world. Thanks for watching!
That's a great book.
I finished Imajica the other day and I'm still not sure if it's now my favourite book of all time or if I thought it was just very good. I definitely need a re-read to see if some of those things I didn't love the first time fall into place for me.
I described the book to my partner as I was reading it like 'reading something that convinces you the author understands or perceives things on a level beyond us, like how birds can see colours we cannot even comprehend'.
I love that!
Great review, I love your in-depth description of the book.
Thank you! That means a lot :)
Great spoiler free review. Exactly what I was looking for as I am not a fantasy fan, never read any Barker, but recently purchased a beautiful limited edition of Imajica that I was debating on selling or keeping and giving it a read.
Awesome! Did you get the Suntup one?
@@YourBrainonBooks yes. The AE and I have the numbered coming too.
That’s epic! I would love to get my hands on one of those eventually. But my trade edition is a true first signed and illustrated by the author so o can’t complain too much 🤣
Just finished this. Incredible incredible work
Awesome review my friend! Barker’s prose is just amazing. This is a priority to get back to. Hearing you talk about it just makes me want to jump right back in
Haha thanks! All in good time
Having read Imajica years ago, I'm now reaquainting to it via audiobook format. This is definitely a worthwhile re-experience and I'm captured, again, by the prince of prose. Thanks for the experience, Clive Barker.
And thank you for this review. A good summation. Well, back to the novel. Tally-ho!
I remember enjoying it 20 years ago but for a 1000 plus page book I remember very little of it.
Most of his books have very memorable segments that stick with me but I’m drawing a blank (apart from a vague memory of them flying around but not sure why or where).
Even his lesser works like Damnation Game still stick with me with some striking and disturbing imagery.
Read this in my teens and absolutely loved it. I can't believe I didn't re-read it, now I think about it. Time to rectify that.
Thanks for coming out to review Clive Barker. His prose is amazing. He may be offending to modern puritanical American sensibilities, but he's doing it because that was his mission from the start. I bought the hard-cover version of Imagica when it came out, which was an extravagant purchase for me at the time. Imagica is not my favorite, but it has everything I could ever want out of a Clive Barker novel. My favorite novels are Weaveworld, Cold Heart Canyon, The Great and Secret Show and Damnation Game.
Thank you for watching! Great to meet another Barker fan
thats my all time favourite book with Weaveworld coming second
Great review Baron! This sounds right up my alley. I’m excited to check it out.
Thanks Chas! As I’m thinking about it Barker has a book called The Thief of Always that I think you would like a lot. It’s technically a middle grade fable. But it is very Gaiman style
@@YourBrainonBooks wow thanks. I’ll put that on my long TBR lol.
100% his prose is fantastic!
Damn right 😂
A truly marvelous video and succinct review. Well done! I got more visuals reading Imajica than I ever had while tripping on acid and the memories this book creates leave an unmistakable taste that stays with you. I cannot recommend this book enough. On a side note. I read Mary Doria Russell's book The Sparrow, and it had characters in it that I imagined some of the beings in Imajica looked like. It was an interesting amalgamation.
Thank you so much! The more time away I’ve had from Imajica the more I love it. Such a special book. Thanks for the recommendation too, I just looked up the Sparrow and it looks right up my alley. Cheers 🤙
Thanks for the fantastic review! Have you read Coldheart Canyon or The Thief of Always by Clive Barker? Those two I absolutely loved, I definitely want to read more of his fantasy works.
Thank you so much! I have read the Thief of Always and really enjoyed it (I plan to do a review for it). Coldheart Canyon I am very excited to get to. I plan to read Sacrament next :)
Let’s GO
The only book that I’ve ever read three times in a row; it’s like the whole Dark Tower series condensed into 800 pages😻😻😻
Wow! That’s amazing, I can’t wait to reread it soon
I even named my cat Huzzah; a fairly minor character, but it fit. Think I’ll read it again🙂
Hi 👋 great review video!! Happy reading to u!! 🍁🍂
Thanks Safina! Happy reading to you as well :)
Great review, mate!
Thanks Adam! I appreciate you joining me for the journey
@@YourBrainonBooks Probably wouldn't've read it for years if it wasn't for your readalong, so I appreciate you putting it together as well. And I likely would've got less out of it if I'd read it alone.
this novel is amazing on the second read
I read this book decades ago,. After watching this video I think its time for a re-read
GREAT WORK
Thank you so much! :)
Barker’s prose is absolutely stunning - but for “fast” readers maybe not for you..? Although it should be..? 😬❤️
Im stuck at page 400 ...
Another excellent review!👍👍👍😊
Thank you!
Thanks for the review!
No problem! Have you read the book?
@@YourBrainonBooks about 3 hours in. Looking for my next epic book. 11/22/63 was my first. Read Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons two years ago and have been chasing the dragon since.
@@interlinkedMedia Thats awesome! I’m a big King and Simmons fan as well. Enjoy your journey and let me know how you like it :) I do have a discord if you ever want to chat about the book. I had a read along for it a while back so some of the other folks on there have read it too
Would you classify as horror? Sounds like dark fantasy for sure
Definitely Dark Fantasy
Here to feed the algorithm. 😂
For this I am thankful lol
HIGHLY sexualized 😂
🤤
There are interesting parallels between Rice's Talamasca and Barker's Tabula Rasa.