Book 2: Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker

Summary:
This book centers around a lower demon named Jakabok Botch and his life story. It covers how he came out of the lowest level of hell onto the earth. He talks about all the things that happened to him and the trouble he got into. It's written interestingly. Jakabok is trapped in the book and is talking directly to the reader. Every few pages he goes on for a while trying to get the reader to burn the book. He has been trapped in it for hundreds of years and wants it to be over. In between these pleadings, he tries to use his story as a bribe to get the reader to destroy the book. Eventually he starts threatening the user or making grand promises. The story ends with how he was trapped in the book.

My Thoughts:
I liked it well enough. I'm not a big Clive Barker fan. His Books of Blood were awesome, but most of his other books have been so-so for me. The whole demon speaking to the reader aspect of this book was neat, but annoying. It actually draws you in a little to where you feel like the threats he starts making are a little scary. But at the same time it feels like he's overdoing it. It happens almost every other page where the story is broken and he's pleading with the reader. Maybe if he had used the technique less, it wouldn't have pulled you in as much? I don't know, that why I am just a reader and not a writer, I guess. Overall I'd recommend it. It was short enough; I actually read it on a plane trip to Dallas via Chicago. I can only imagine what anyone sitting next to me would think if they were reading it over my shoulder.

Trivia:
Nothing off the top of my head, or on Wikipedia for this one.

Links:
Amazon
Mister B. Gone at Wikipedia
Review at Bookreporter.com

Bibliography of the edition I read:
Barker, Clive. Mister B. Gone. New York: Harper Collins, 2007.