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Skellig by David Almond

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Skellig

David Almond

3.71 AVERAGE

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belgatherial's review against another edition

5.0
Absolutely wonderful. Really, very very original and excellent.
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bookhed's review against another edition

5.0
Books like this is why i love reading. Magical beautiful lovely story! This book felt like a fever dream, a childhood dream, a magical universe that only i know of. It feels like a secret and i love that. It has a special place in my heart
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akhuseby's review against another edition

4.0
As YA Lit goes, this is a good one. With references to William Blake, a fallen angel, and a excellent message about hope, I would recommend this to anyone with teens or just looking for a good, quick, not too challenging read.
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jaswoahreads's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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: No
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daniel1501's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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elise_dragon13's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

tanya_the_spack's review against another edition

5.0
A beautiful, gentle story.
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koplomps's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Wow.. I've read this book before around when I was 13-15, so over ten years ago. I could only remember the dark atmosphere.
This started pretty light, and I was maybe a bit dissapointed, but around 50 pages I was really invested.
The themes around death hit a bit too close to my current personal life, so needless to say I felt quite a lot of anxiety towards the climax.
I'm really glad I re-read this as a 26-year old.
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gee_reads's review against another edition

4.5
emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Extra half a star because of my love for this book as a child. 

nett's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No