[Review]Mr. B Gone

Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I really wish there was an option to give something half a star, but since it is Clive Barker, I'm going to go on the generous end of things and round up.
This book was.......unconvincing and irritating for the most part.
There's positives. It's a quick read. The concept and idea are fantastic. The way the book was made to reflect said concept by having "aged" pages and older fonts was amazing and earns a star by itself. Authors don't put enough thought into the presentation of the book and it was plain to see that much time and thought was put into this one.
Unfortunately, I think more time and effort may have been put into the feel of the book than was put into the actual story. The story follows the misadventures of one Jakabok Botch (aka Mr B), inferior demon extraordinaire. Which is to say, it's 250 pages of whining, inexplicable emotions that appear from nowhere and extremely uneven time frames, interspersed with pleas, threats and insults to burn the book. That last part? It got old and irritating really fast. There is absolutely nothing likable about Mr. B. And he's rarely entertaining. Mostly he just whines. A lot.

Overall, not recommended. At all. And I love Clive Barker like I love few authors. This one just wasn't good.

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