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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
"Minus one for all the music."
A crazy fantasy, murder mystery and self-discovery book rolled into one. Not too predictable and the gruesome characters are not that gruesome. The wit of the characters is wonderful. A very fun read.
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
let's go divas!
From the witty commentary to the descriptive writing style, Mr. Pleasant and Stephanie help take the cake for best book I've read this year. The characters have great depth and flippantness about them that well written stories have (not unlike Harry Potter), the setting has that perfect mix of cheesy scary and old fashioned magic mystery, and the concept of a magic scepter, walking talking skeleton, and ancient evil gripped me like very few books can.
Easily a 5 star book, I hope the rest of them carry on well.
I can't wait to read the rest of this series!
Easily a 5 star book, I hope the rest of them carry on well.
I can't wait to read the rest of this series!
I've been meaning to read this book since I was 12 years old and I finally got around to it. Man, I wish I'd read this book when I was 12 years old. It's a total self indulgent 12-year-old fantasy and I would have loved it. I mean, I still loved it as an adult. But this is exactly the kind of escapism I needed at that age.
Let me start by saying that Skulduggery Pleasant is not a responsible adult. SKULDUGGERY. PLEASANT. IS NOT. A RESPONSIBLE. ADULT. This little girl refuses to give you back your hat and you say, whoops, shrug, guess I just have to take you on dangerous missions now? You're so transparent. You just want to adopt this child.
Ghastly: What do you have there?
Skulduggery: A child.
Ghastly: NO!!
Anyway, I love him. I love Valkyrie, too, who I feel like I would have really identified with as a 12-year-old. I enjoyed the world, and the atmosphere. I listened to the audiobook, which had just fantastic voices. Overall, fantastic, glad I finally got around to this. Can't wait to read the next one.
Let me start by saying that Skulduggery Pleasant is not a responsible adult. SKULDUGGERY. PLEASANT. IS NOT. A RESPONSIBLE. ADULT. This little girl refuses to give you back your hat and you say, whoops, shrug, guess I just have to take you on dangerous missions now? You're so transparent. You just want to adopt this child.
Ghastly: What do you have there?
Skulduggery: A child.
Ghastly: NO!!
Anyway, I love him. I love Valkyrie, too, who I feel like I would have really identified with as a 12-year-old. I enjoyed the world, and the atmosphere. I listened to the audiobook, which had just fantastic voices. Overall, fantastic, glad I finally got around to this. Can't wait to read the next one.
You never know what's going to happen next! You never know who's the good guy or bad or actually both and turns out to be on both sides or no sides. Confusing, eh?
Well, the dialogue is funny, undeniably. The storyline is unusual and gripping. It keeps you reading on.
However, do anyone else find Stephanie extremely annoying? And Skulduggery too.
Well, the dialogue is funny, undeniably. The storyline is unusual and gripping. It keeps you reading on.
However, do anyone else find Stephanie extremely annoying? And Skulduggery too.
Wow, WOW where to even begin how great and fun and exciting and......... well let's just start with
Story:
She’s twelve. He’s dead. But together they’re going to save the world. Hopefully.
Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source – the wisecracking skeleton of a dead sorcerer…
Frankly this summary doesn't even prepare you with 1/4 of the stuff your going to go through with these two main characters including a hidden "base" for the sorcerer's worlds, some fascinating creatures that can kill you in some underground caverns and a walking talking skeleton that can use magic as well as uses a pistol to name a few.
Characters:
Stephanie- I always keep forget she is a twelve year old girl meaning no back flips anything fancy like that, but she is not at all useless in fact she helps Skulduggery think out in the little things of the problem as well as did bits of information that is quite helpful. Not to mention she is kind of adorable at times and even when people tell her she should just walk away live out your life I have to agree with her on what she says "I really can't forget any of this now can I?" She's right I don't know about you, but I know I won't forget a talking skeleton that can also do magic (saving that one in the valet).
Skulduggery Pleasant- Now I ALWAYS keep forget that he is a skeleton so that means no facial expressions which he makes up for with wit and charisma in a monotone manner and it is so hilarious that I had to rewind the audiobook just so I didn't miss anything. I love this guy so much I almost with he was my uncle. He may seem like he doesn't care, but it is greatly the opposite you can actually tell by the way his mood and voice changes as well as give of a vibe of what he's feeling. Before you know you it you start getting him...... you get it?
Location:
Well I'm afraid I'm not good at describing the places that they visit, but I was say their in London (I think) and it turns out those places that have graffiti, some trash in the streets and rundown buildings that look awful yeah great place to put a secret meeting location for sorcerers as well as the sorcerer's elders go figure. The description of London in this is pretty good and why the sorcerer's did what they did to some of the location they stay in.
Conclusion:
Not going to lie this review is just the tip of the iceberg of all of this whole thing and you know what's really crazy, I mean besides the talking magic using skeleton? Is that this is a mystery book and I hate mystery books, but this is quite different. Here is the recipe: Adventure, with a hint of Fantasy, a splash of Magic, a dash of humor and a pinch of mystery and thriller. Wall-a you got your self a apple pie of an exciting, edge of your seat book. Also book two cannot wait to get started.
In all honesty I really do recommend it for not the book at least the audiobook that Rupert Degas can read the phone book and make sound hilariously enjoyable. If you don't like it then you can hang up your coat and hat by the broken door and read something else. If you do then load up your pistol and warm up your snapping fingers cause it's going to be quite a Pleasant time.
Story:
She’s twelve. He’s dead. But together they’re going to save the world. Hopefully.
Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source – the wisecracking skeleton of a dead sorcerer…
Frankly this summary doesn't even prepare you with 1/4 of the stuff your going to go through with these two main characters including a hidden "base" for the sorcerer's worlds, some fascinating creatures that can kill you in some underground caverns and a walking talking skeleton that can use magic as well as uses a pistol to name a few.
Characters:
Stephanie- I always keep forget she is a twelve year old girl meaning no back flips anything fancy like that, but she is not at all useless in fact she helps Skulduggery think out in the little things of the problem as well as did bits of information that is quite helpful. Not to mention she is kind of adorable at times and even when people tell her she should just walk away live out your life I have to agree with her on what she says "I really can't forget any of this now can I?" She's right I don't know about you, but I know I won't forget a talking skeleton that can also do magic (saving that one in the valet).
Skulduggery Pleasant- Now I ALWAYS keep forget that he is a skeleton so that means no facial expressions which he makes up for with wit and charisma in a monotone manner and it is so hilarious that I had to rewind the audiobook just so I didn't miss anything. I love this guy so much I almost with he was my uncle. He may seem like he doesn't care, but it is greatly the opposite you can actually tell by the way his mood and voice changes as well as give of a vibe of what he's feeling. Before you know you it you start getting him...... you get it?
Location:
Well I'm afraid I'm not good at describing the places that they visit, but I was say their in London (I think) and it turns out those places that have graffiti, some trash in the streets and rundown buildings that look awful yeah great place to put a secret meeting location for sorcerers as well as the sorcerer's elders go figure. The description of London in this is pretty good and why the sorcerer's did what they did to some of the location they stay in.
Conclusion:
Not going to lie this review is just the tip of the iceberg of all of this whole thing and you know what's really crazy, I mean besides the talking magic using skeleton? Is that this is a mystery book and I hate mystery books, but this is quite different. Here is the recipe: Adventure, with a hint of Fantasy, a splash of Magic, a dash of humor and a pinch of mystery and thriller. Wall-a you got your self a apple pie of an exciting, edge of your seat book. Also book two cannot wait to get started.
In all honesty I really do recommend it for not the book at least the audiobook that Rupert Degas can read the phone book and make sound hilariously enjoyable. If you don't like it then you can hang up your coat and hat by the broken door and read something else. If you do then load up your pistol and warm up your snapping fingers cause it's going to be quite a Pleasant time.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes