Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy

6 reviews

bernard_black's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

breamfish1138's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book contains some of the most disturbing cosmic horror since H.P. Lovecraft. Also, people get turned inside out. You know, for kids!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Grief, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry

fionamatilda's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness

faye_jonesy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

This was a strong following for the past two book. The world is familiar yet developed beautifully through the writing. The ending is the most epic we have seen and honestly I had to take a deep breath when I had finished reading it. Each book is an amazing standalone, but within the series it make me want to rush to the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, and Mental illness

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book started to feel a lot darker, with much heavier stakes, than the first two in the series. We still get Valkyrie's conflict over using her reflection so much and missing out on her early teen years/non-magic life, but we also start to get more hints about China's shady past with the Diablerie and Skulduggery's potentially evil past deeds too. Even on reread the final plot twist

with the reveal of Batu

surprised me, though I'm not sure how I feel about it beyond the successful shock. The violence started to feel less campy and more gritty, and a few scenes

particularly the short one where a Diablerie member cuts off his arm to avoid possession by a Faceless One

actually made me clench my teeth. And the cliffhanger ending

with Skulduggery and Valkyrie separated and shifting alliances determining Valkyrie's next steps

set up Dark Days really well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Body horror, Gore, Stalking, and Blood

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This one is so much more intense than 1/2 and is probably the best of the first three.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Vomit