The Thief of Always: A Fable

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It was quietly satisfying to read that "Evil, however powerful it seemed, could be undone by its own appetite." Powered by a Forsaken Child: Hood's powers are fueled by the souls of children, which in turn he uses to lure and trap more children. The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday: Only specific children can find their way to Holiday House or have to be lead there by one of his henchmen. When Harvey and his Dad try to go looking for it, they are unable to get there. Epiphanic Prison: Besides the wall, the House also creates illusions that trap children inside their own minds. It takes a strong will to resist these illusions, and see things for what they really are (if only glimpses). Wendell, however, is weak willed, and easily falls under Hood's sway again on his return.

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When Harvey gets to the top of the platform, he realizes he can’t see the town. Wendell disregards this comment, along with Harvey’s comments about the strange, warm weather. They spend hours working on the treehouse and become friends in the process.The idea that one should simply not question is reinforced by Mrs. Griffin and even Wendell, who initially seems indifferent to the mysteries of the property. As Harvey first settles in with Wendell and Lulu, it appears that he condones this pact of silence. But in the end, Harvey’s intuition is too strong to be ignored. Unlike Wendell, Harvey continues to question his surroundings, and in doing so, he ultimately learns the secrets of the House and saves countless souls. The more he figured out, the faster the pace got as well, so it gave me a sort of heart-racing feeling as I made my way to the conclusion. I loved that aspect. There were so many cool elements throughout to enjoy, but those final few chapters really sealed the deal for me. Ti ho preso soltanto i giorni che non volevi» protestò Hood. «I giorni di pioggia, i giorni grigi. Quelli che volevi passassero in fretta. Cosa c'è di male in tutto questo?» The Holiday House is truly a place of miracles. The food is better than you've ever eaten and there are enough toys and games and costumes and masks to keep any child happy for the rest of their lives. And in every day there are four seasons - a perfect green spring in the morning, a blazing wonderful summer in the afternoon, an evening full of woodsmoke, pumpkins and fallen leaves, and every night is a white Christmas with a present for each boy and girl. sequence in Fantasia. It's no accident there are as many dark passages as there are bright in Disney films, and it's no accident that those

For a children’s book, there are so many things an adult can enjoy and appreciate while learning a lesson or two while reading. I have to thank my bestie @jobis89 for quite literally forcing this book into my hands by getting it for me for Christmas, and THIS EDITION. Gah. It’s almost too beautiful. Clive Barker illustrated it himself, and while I always enjoy a surprise illustration in a book, these were on another level, I swear. They toe the line between truly dark horror and children’s drawings, and admittedly (I’m thinking of Marr here), cross that line occasionally, but who didn’t love reading a book as a kid and getting that thrill of fear every now and again?

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Barker did it again.. i loved almost everything i read from him (i say almost because the damnation game really was a miss for me) and he can sure can kill it with a genre like this. The man is a legend. Having a wild imagination and creating memorable and vivid characters and sequences throughout this book (a day that contains every season - genius) this one also reminded me a lot of Coraline and the graveyard book by Neil Gaiman (another perfect example of a perfect writer) The Thief of Always is a plot that largely reflects a very old western sort of myth warning of the dangers of hedonism and apathy. The myth (specifically, a sort of fable [It even says so on the cover! Yay Clive Barker!]) is meant to impress upon people that their time on earth is short and every day should be valued just as the last (Seriously, he even maxims that shit up at the end). It's a principle that's been expressed in a number of ways throughout time, none of which are proving easy to google and right now I'm not really capable of coming up with one in my head. Suffice to say: It's a mytheme, or a trope, or a meme, depending on whose term you like best. I laid out what I thought the action was going to be. I had a really clear sense of it. I wish novels were always this easy, but they're not. The Thief of Always was a fantastic story, one that is enjoyable for children and adults alike. It begins with a simple and somewhat classic premise; a young boy, bored with his mundane life, is offered the chance to escape it and go to a place where everything he dreams of can be his: the mysterious Mr. Hood’s Holiday House. Every day is exciting, a mix of the best parts of the four seasons with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas occurring nightly. It’s every child’s dream—but of course, not everything is as it seems and something dark lurks beneath the Holiday House’s fun facade. The ideas within this story and the plot itself are not so unique as to be unfamiliar even for young readers but they are presented in a uniquely impressive way with hints of horror that toed the line of what I’d expected from a children’s story. There’s nothing truly frightening within this story, at least as an adult reader, but there are certain small inclusions that are unsettling indeed. I wish I’d had the chance to read this as a child to see what I would’ve made of the more unnerving aspects at that age. The Thief of Always is inventive and compelling and the plot—though an overall very classic children’s/young middle grade story—did things I didn’t see coming and kept me on my toes regarding the mystery of the Holiday House and just what was going on there. Title Drop: In a "Not So Different" Remark, "Vampire King" Hood tells Harvey he is a "Thief of Always" just like him.