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imscrem's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Jedna z mých oblíbených knih — a je pořád skvělá! Zdálo se mi, že některé vtipy se nedaly přeložit z anglického originálu ale i tak byla tam pěkná dávka ironie, jak má být.
Celý koncept magického dobrodružství je výborný, a autorův smysl pro humor je unikátní a bezvadný.
Celý koncept magického dobrodružství je výborný, a autorův smysl pro humor je unikátní a bezvadný.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Genocide, and Car accident
salted07's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Death and Murder
mossgoblins's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Grief, and Stalking
breamfish1138's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Harry Potter but with Gothic horror, anarchic dark humour, delightfully non-age-appropriate violence and emos. Also there's skeletons and vampires and scythe guys and a dash of cosmic nightmare and fireballs and bullets and scary hands and vampires and bullets. Derek, you done good. 10/10 would recommend to everyone
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror and Cursing
OK so all the Skulduggery Pleasant books are more violent and dark than your average kids/YA fare and this one is no different. Kids 11-14 will probably just find the violence fun tbh.tobibi's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Honestly, I really enjoyed this. It's got such a nice build up and the climax is a perfect mix of action, horror, dread, and success. It's hard to imagine how the author follows up on this, the stakes were already very high in the first book, but I've been told he does. There's a good amount of world building without info dumping, and there's still enough questions that I'm left curious about details.
Favorite lines:
"I'm sorry, I'm still stuck on your losing your head."
"I didn't lose it," he said defensively. "It was stolen." (p. 53)
"And am I going to be accompanying you?"
"That depends. Do you need your parents' permission?"
...
Stephanie shrugged. "No, not really." (p. 74-75)
"How come you can't do that?" Stephanie whispered to Skulduggery. "It's faster than picking a lock, and quieter than blasting the door down."
He shook his head sadly. "A living skeleton isn't enough for you, is it? What does it take to impress young people these days?" (p. 323)
"I wouldn't mind a sister either."
"Any chance of that happening?"
"I can't see what would be in it for my parents. I mean, they have the perfect daughter already -- what more could they want?"
He hesitated. "Serpine used my wife and child as a weapon against me. In order to do so, he had to kill them. He took my family's death and he made it about me. Valkyrie, when you die, it will be your death, and yours alone. Let it come to you on your own terms." (p. 362)
Bliss looked at him coolly. "Do you have a weapon for me, or do you just want me to beat her to death with a large stick?" (p. 370)
"For a guy with no internal organs, you've got quite the ego." (p. 391)
Favorite lines:
"I didn't lose it," he said defensively. "It was stolen." (p. 53)
"That depends. Do you need your parents' permission?"
...
Stephanie shrugged. "No, not really." (p. 74-75)
He shook his head sadly. "A living skeleton isn't enough for you, is it? What does it take to impress young people these days?" (p. 323)
"Any chance of that happening?"
"I can't see what would be in it for my parents. I mean, they have the perfect daughter already -- what more could they want?"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child death
fionamatilda's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death and Torture
Minor: War
kouya's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Torture
grrrlbrarian's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Car accident
Minor: Murder and War
emlo's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I really enjoyed the banter between the main characters, it took the edge off what was quite a dark plot. The characters are all interesting and unique. There are some tongue in cheek nods to other books in the genre. There is a lot of violence in this book especially towards the end so even though it's middle grade may be a bit much for the kids at the younger end of this age bracket.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture and Car accident
necroplasm's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
was super interested in this series after reading most of the artemis fowl books in 6th grade, i am now a high school graduate and only just now got around to reading this bad boy. fun little YA romp, full of spellcasters using cheesy aliases and irish-isms that took me a second to understand, really grew on me the further in i got. i didn't like stephanie a lot but like,, she's a rude little shit 12 year old, i can't act like it's unrealistic yknow? all in all probably would have been a little better to me were i still a 6th grader but still a worthwhile read, i'll probably keep reading this series once i've worked through more of my backlog
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Medical content and Car accident