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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: Violence, Grief, Blood, Torture, Stalking, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder
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.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: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Child death and Torture
Minor: War
clari_ssa's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Violence
This book series is one of the funniest, best thought through, well written book series there is! Urban fantasy is always tricky and I love how the implementation of the magic in the „real world“ is handled here. The characters aren’t perfect by any definition but unbelievable loveable, funny and overall lovely in their own special way, and most importantly they’re relatable in their imperfection. The relationships are always a delight to retrace and the dialogue is just chefs kiss. This is one of the first series I think of, when someone asks for a youth series with strong women, funny dialogue but serious topics and important life lessons. And it gets queerer the further you get in the books so that’s a big plus, too.
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