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gethin_burke's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Death
mossgoblins's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Confinement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Car accident
Minor: Stalking, Child death, and Grief
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.audreylee's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
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
3.5
While it couldn't be a flop, it had magic, danger, intrigue, and a talking skeleton, their was a bit of dissonance with the protagonist. She is supposed to be twelve years old but comes off as much older than that. Tons of action and ever so much plot didn't keep it from getting bogged down in a few places. Still, I think I can recommend it for a fun read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
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
ril_amber's review against another edition
Way too much fatphobia that author just sprinkles into every other paragraph for no reason. I might have loved it when I was 13, but as it is I think I’m good without knowing how this ends.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Fatphobia
sophieamreacher's review against another edition
adventurous
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? No
3.5
Fun, full of adventure and action. Found the characters a bit unbelievable (yes even though they’re all magical), more their personalities.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder
faye_jonesy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Not going to lie I read these books as a teen, and have decided to come back to them as a way to break up my current more "acceptably adult" reads. It is such a comfortable, exciting and nostalgic world to jump back into. It might mean my review is a little bias, but if you want cool characters, interesting plot and a well built world I would 100% recommend. It's magical realism with a modern twist. Sarcastic humour only found in Ireland and Northern cities like Liverpool.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence
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.grrrlbrarian's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Car accident, Death, and Kidnapping
Minor: War and Murder