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Liked It “This is the first book by Clive Barker I've read and I did it in one day. I'm a very slow reader so that should say volumes about how good his writing is. I was enthralled by this story. Also, I was impressed not only by his writing, but by his illustrations throughout the book. I plan to read a...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This is the first book by Clive Barker I've read and I did it in one day. I'm a very slow reader so that should say volumes about how good his writing is. I was enthralled by this story. Also, I was impressed not only by his writing, but by his illustrations throughout the book. I plan to read a lot more of his work.”
J. R. McLemore wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Well i just pick some random book but i read a the back of the book and it got my attention.”
|$oAp| wrote this review Friday, November 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wonderful book that spurs the imagination. Read it multiple times. ”
Meghan R wrote this review Wednesday, November 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Excellent story line. One of the easiest reads around. Can't wait for the movie. What the hell are you doing, Tim Burton, you need to jump on this one!”
Wurm wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Classic Clive Barker. Great story full of friendship, courage, and adventure with the characteristic darker twist to the story. I fully recommend!”
Heather M wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of my all time favorites-In the top three. It is a great book.”
Saunya H wrote this review Wednesday, September 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“a very differnt childrens story????”
knitty for dr who wrote this review Friday, September 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of the best books I have ever read.”
Lindsay C wrote this review Sunday, September 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The Thief of Always starts out by introducing Harvey Swick. Harvey Swick is a 10-year-old kid who finds himself bored of school, uninteresting teachers, homework, and his day to day life. One day he meets Rictus who comes to tell him about a kid’s paradise, the Holiday House, by casually flying outside of Harvey's window. At the Holiday house there are all of the sweets a person could ask for, the four seasons in a day, Christmas every day, Halloween every night, and everything else you could dream of. Harvey reluctantly goes to the house after a week of thinking. A man named Mr. Hood had made it all. After going through a mist wall he arrives at the Holiday House. Harvey comes to love it and stays for a month, becoming friends with Wendell and Lulu, two other kids at the house. He starts to get suspicious that the house is not as perfect as it seems. After Mrs. Griffin tells him that he is trapped in the house, Harvey and his friend Wendell try to escape and succeed narrowly by following a cat named Blue-Cat through the mist barrier that constantly surrounds the property of the house at night. After returning to the real world they find that for every day they spent there, they lost a year. They both decide they have to go back to the Holiday House. Harvey and Wendell went back to the Holiday house and with a plan to get their lost time back. He knew that Hood ran the entire house on magic and that everything he saw was an illusion, simply dust and ashes. Harvey defeats Hood by tricking him into using up all his magic effectively destroying the house. He does this by wishing for as many things as he can think of as fast as he can to exhaust Hood. However, Hood rebuilds a body from the debris of the house. Hood remarks at the courage of Harvey since by this time his friend Wendell has succumbed to the House's lures and wishes to stay forever in a trance. Hood then offers Harvey, whom he calls A Thief Of Always, to be a vampire with him and be eternal. This results in a final confrontation in which Hood is knocked into the lake, which has turned into a vortex (or whirlpool) and sucks him in. The children all leave the remains of the house to go back to their respective times.[1]”
Wendy B wrote this review Wednesday, July 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
