Ideas float into their heads and then they do stuff. It's like the characters are driven more by whim than anything else. We know that "the reconciler" wants to "reconcile the dominions" but we have no idea why. His characters are clearly defined except for the most important attribute: Motivation. Many times, it was like he felt the need to shock the reader with as far-out something-or-another as he could think of, but it really served no purpose to the overall story. He uses generic terms like "majestic" but doesn't actually give a good description. It's the same with EVERY place he describes. This is fine for a few descriptions, but, eventually, my mind got tired and filled in with "something weird" showed up. For instance, strange creatures are given a cursory description, but then we are left on our own to fill in the rest. Things are described, but not in as much detail as you actually feel like you're there. Clive Barker clearly has a wild imagination. There's plenty of "stuff happens" but there is no purpose behind any of it. There is nothing "typical" about this book, which is part of the difficulty I had with it. If you like books in which are unlike anything you've ever read, this is for you.
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