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615 reviews for:

The Faceless Ones

Derek Landy

4.26 AVERAGE


92/100
adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Best one of the series so far. And what an ending!

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Short version - decent third book. Pretty formulaic by now, but with an emotional cliffhanger for Valkyrie. Still witty but a bit darker this time around so less room for those kinds of interactions.
adventurous funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Again, Would have incredibly loved this as a child/tween. another improvement on the last one, Love how everyone has a bigger hate-boner for skullduggery in this one, and how they ask steph/val to reflect more on her choice to be involved in this magical world. But I still feel we didn't get enough of an exploration of skulduggery and val's relationship. The progression of the "evil villain" plots in these books are way too simple, again something I would've enjoyed more when I was younger. Might revisit this world in the future but here is as good a stopping point as any other.
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous 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: No
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated