loved it & love Frank Muller (RIP)

Great story & full of suspense. Just scary enough. So sad for the loss of Frank Muller. I want him to read every story.

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Lower your expectations!!!

Where does Coldheart Canyon rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's among my top 10 favorites. It's bizarre enough to appeal to me.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Tammy. She evolved into a real person. letting go of her obsession and her no good husband.

What does Frank Muller bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I like the way he reads, I know it's not for everyone, but he has an ironic note to his reading that fit this book to a tee.

If you could take any character from Coldheart Canyon out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Jerry. I would grill him...what was the payoff for setting this up? Would you do it again? Was it worth it?

Any additional comments?

Crazy book. Not what I expected but I grew to like it a lot. Like i say...it's fiction...not for education or enlightenment...just for fun.

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It's preposterous

I am not often moved to write reviews - I don't really care what others think of things and I don't expect anyone to care what I think, but here I feel an obligation to write a word of warning to anyone hovering over the Buy Now button. Fairly early in I realized that I was tackling a book that belongs next to the Dan Browns and others of that ilk. I had, of course, heard of Clive Barker but this was my first taste of his work and to be honest I picked it from a list of books read by Frank Muller that I hadn't already heard. I can only imagine how he must have cringed while putting these words down on tape. I buy audio books to listen to in the car - so I am not interested in great works of literature that require reading and re-reading of certain passages to fully grasp - just something to pass the time while commuting. I should have returned the book for a refund as soon as I realized how absurd this book was getting but I confess I was curious to see how much worse it could get. Plenty, as it turned out. It doesn't seem to know what it is. It meanders along without satisfactorily concluding anything at all. Characters come and go with no real connection to the reader established and the conversations between the main characters are just banal - it was indeed a dark and stormy night. It feels like several bits of ideas that had nowhere to go just jammed together. The payback for the several chapters about Todd Pickett's dog at the end though is masterful. Not. Anyway, purchase this at your peril. The headline for this review came from a line in the book. When I heard that I had to agree with the writer at least on that point.

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One Of The Worst Books Ever

Although I was unfamiliar with the author, I bought this book because the narrator was Frank Muller. He is a favorite of mine. I think he could read me the phone book and make it interesting. Unfortunately even Muller's considerable talent couldn't salvage this interminable drivel. Barker goes on and on and on attempting to create what he apparently thinks is scary stuff when it is just boring. His characters are uninteresting, the plot ridiculous and the pacing plodding. The dialogue is embarrassingly bad. I kept thinking, "How could anyone write this stuff and think it was any good." Perhaps he was practicing for the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. If so, he has a great chance of winning. There were many times when I thought the book was ending only to find hours remained. Perhaps the author was being paid by the word. For those who enjoy good fantasy and science fiction, this isn't it. Save your money.

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Masterpiece

How rare it is to cry, laugh and be legitimately aroused all over the course of one narrative! What a rollercoaster and I enjoyed every minute of this peculiar Hollywood ghost story.

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Long winded

Struggled to finish it without hitting fast forward. Good story, good characters. Just long winded.

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A good read. Missing Frank Muller's voice.

This isn't a Book of Blood, as much as I wish there were such a book as long as this one. I love a good ghost story and this is a good one. I've never had a book read to me by Mr Muller that I didn't like. I enjoy his reading style. He has a way of using his voice to recreate a character the way you'd think they really spoke. Steven King liked him enough to read his entire Dark Tower series for Audible, but tragedy took him before he could finish the last few. Clive Barker is known for his violence, but this one is calmer. Come here for an evolving ghost story.

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coldheart canyon

clive barker can tell a story in the best way. taking you step by step slowly down the path until you question if what he tells is real. the narrator frank muller gives each voice a uniqueness and brings each person or other to life.

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Soft Porn

What would have made Coldheart Canyon better?

A fuller storyline and character development with less porn-like chapters.

What was most disappointing about Clive Barker’s story?

I was expecting a ghost story, given the title and description. What I got was a thinly veiled attempt at wrapping soft porn into mediocre fiction. The premise was initially interesting but the bulk of the book gets mired down with unnecessarily graphic sexual depravity meant to shock and intrigue. Instead, it became boring effort to listen to. I think it's important to disclose that I have a healthy sexual appetite and was not offended by the sexual context but felt more like the book tried to sneak it past me prior to buying. The sexual component might've been interesting if that's what I expected but it completely caught me by surprise. I might've continued on if it had only consumed a chapter or two but instead, it drags on seemingly without purpose. The characters are fairly one dimensional and predictable and that only makes it a more difficult read. Disappointing.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Frank Muller?

No one could have saved this book.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Initial boredom and eventual disgust

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Entertaining the whole time- I really liked it!

A bit of everything in this tale of horror. I was skeptical of a book so long, but I breezed through it. There were some over the top violence & sex, BUT its Clive Barker.
The last 10% of the book suprised me in a good way. The story has heart.