Books : Weaveworld

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Rating:

- Not Free SF Reader
Carpet world conflict.

This is a bit more fantasy, a bit less horror. A bunch of supernaturals decide to hide themselves away in a carpet, hence the title. This is looked after by a woman. All goes well, except for that annoying trait that humans have: they kick the bucket eventually.

The death of the rugminder leads to a conflict and chase for possession of this magic stuff, between our protagonist, and a human agent of the scary non-human woman Immacolata and her rather nasty agents. A bit on the dull side and not as good as that sounds, really.

Rating:

- Brilliant Complex Fantasy Tale
This magnificent fantasy takes the standard elements of the genre and imbues them with fresh vigor. Young Cal Mooney is a bored office clerk stuck in grey, depressed Liverpool, living with his father when a fateful encounter with a magical carpet opens Cal's eyes to the glories of another world. The carpet is the secret hiding place for the Seerkind, a species of magical beings who have managed to salvage bits and pieces of their magnificent world in a magnificent tapestry. The Seerkind are hiding from a terrible, omnipotent enemy known as the Scourge. For more than 80 years, the Seerkind have lain sleeping inside the carpet guarded by volunteer Seerkind who have sacrificed their immortality and grown old as protectors of the Weave. But the last guardian has died before passing on her secret to her granddaughter, Suzanna who is unaware of her magical heritage and the powers it provides to her. When Cal stumbles on the secret of the carpet, he and Suzanna must join forces to protect Weaveworld from Immacolata, a powerful Seerkind witch seeking revenge for banishment from Weaveworld and Shadwell, Immacolata's human companion, an ambitious salesman obsessed with possessing Weaveworld. "Weaveworld" is a dazzling, well crafted story that slowly reveals all the wonders and beauty of a fantastic place. Barker is a talented writer who is equally adept at scenes of mesmerizing beauty and blood-chilling horror. He also possesses a deft touch with characterization that reveals the heart and soul of villains and protagonists alike. The reader can feel sympathy even for Immacolata spurned and rejected by her people or for the Scourge, driven mad by loneliness and despair.

Rating:

- Spellbinding!!!!!!!
I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to take a ride on a vibrantly imaginative roller coaster into the unknown. I first read this book many years ago when I was in college. From the very first page I became captivated in the brilliant fantasy world that Clive Barker so cleverly orchestrates. This is one of the best books ever written in this genre. Clive Barker is obviously known as a master of horror and he certainly knows how to spill blood all over pages; yet keep you begging for more. But, let me tell you folks, he is also a master of the purely imaginative realm and this work is a true testament to his awesome talents.

Rating:

- A colorful adventure into the weave
Weave world is a clever little adventure within an adventure beneath an adventure. One of the main characters of weave world is the twenty five year old Mr. Calhoun Mooney. He and his father are living in the present in London, suffering from their loses. The other main character, named Suzanna Parish lives as a potter who receives a message on her phone telling her that one of her only relatives living nearby is sick in a hospital bed and that she might visit her. Upon visiting her sick grandmother, who cannot speak because of her sickness, she feels an almost mental installation or a prophecy telling her to check her grandmothers home because there is something very important their.

Cal watches his father's prize winning pigeon collection while his dad lays in his depression. One day a single one of the pigeons escape and cal gives chase of it. Upon following the pigeon he finds himself at a house with thousands of birds all flocking their, flying in a whirlwind of birds, all above a single house and backyard. This same house is Mimi lancheski's, Suzanna's grandmothers. What occurs afterwards at the house on Rue Street is a serious part of the plot but Cal and Suzanna meet and they both adventure to a magic world caught inside of a carpet with its own people and its own places.

The dark tones that this author paints in ones mind are both bold and a little bit eccentric. This is the second book that Clive barker has written and it is out of the two books he has written by far the most descriptive.

Rating:

- wonderful adventure
I don't usually read fantasy but someone recommended this book to me. I highly recommend this book if you like horror or dark fantasy. I can't imagine anyone not getting completly involved in this story.

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