Reviews - The Faceless Ones

618 reviews for:

The Faceless Ones

Derek Landy

4.26 AVERAGE

morepagesplease's review against another edition

4.0

Another fun Skulduggery adventure. This series just keeps getting better. It is definitely one to read in order.

hoperu's review against another edition

4.0

I like this series - fun, adventure etc etc - but I have to say it does suffer a bit from the "teen who knows better than the adults" syndrome. Valkyrie Cain doesn't listen to the well-meaning adults around her who warn her to try to be more normal, at least some of the time. I just know it is going to cause problems, ones that could have been averted, in future books. Something to do with her mirror clone.

snowbenton's review against another edition

3.0

I think I am just not cut out for series, as I loved this at first and rapidly got bored (the same thing happened to me with Bloody Jack and Stephanie Plum). There's nothing wrong with the book -- the characters are just as edgy and rambunctious and thrilling as the first book, and the villains are just as dangerous. I just couldn't help from zoning out constantly while listening to the audiobook.

neele_47's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

bookish_hufflepuff's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

still obsessed with this book series

lazygal's review against another edition

3.0

The idea that a "normal" girl, albeit one mentioned in a prophecy and possessing incredible strength and other powers, could be involved with some secret semi-monstrous group of Others has been done before (namely, Buffy). Of course, the living-skeleton-as-mentor hasn't been done before, and that's part of what sets this series apart.

Unfortunately, this third book in the series seemed far more serious, and far more violent, than the previous two. There were few moments of by-play, and those only served to set up the next fight scene. I would have liked to learn a little more about some of the newer characters, and perhaps to spend a little time with "Stephanie", Val's reflection - the contrast would have been interesting. There were a few brief moments of downtime but the rest seemed very rushed, as though the author didn't quite know how to slow down his plot effectively. Fewer fights, more exploration of the world, and some humor to relieve things would have made for a far better book.

I also wonder about the fact that there was a huge pile of ARCs available for this book. Usually by the third book in a series, ARCs are less freely available (in the Percy Jackson series, they'd stopped giving them out; ditto Harry Potter).

(Free ARC provided by publisher at ALA)