Reviews

Trials of Death by Darren Shan

imaginathan2000's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

vhenderson93's review against another edition

4.0

My reviews for the series have been very redundant—fast-paced, creepy, exciting, etc.

It's hard to choose a favorite because each adventure is different in its own way, but reading about the trials Darren has to go through was insane! And I really like that short guy formally known as Lefty. Can't remember his name. Anxiously waiting for #6 at the library!!

ebby013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Trials of Death has so many twist and turns but the ending takes the cake. Each book keeps getting better but also more stressful lol

cypherfairy's review

4.0

the twist at the end...!!

darktwistedreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

sunny_platypus's review

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

vvabbitt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

constablebooty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

sydinreallife's review against another edition

4.0

Again, I'm enjoying this series... But I'm thinking that books 3-5 should have all been one longer book. The events in books 4 and 5 are just continuations of the storyline that begins in book 3. I understand it is all one saga, but neither this book nor the one before it actually contain an entire story with a beginning, middle and end.. And the events in book 5 leave on a cliffhanger, which leads me to believe that book 6 will be looped in with this as well.

Comparing this series to another like it (The Series of Unfortunate Events) makes this issue blatantly obvious. Each of the Snicket books is an individual story that fits within the over-arcing plot of the series but can stand on its own. The past three Cirque books have not been able to stand on their own, so it is problematic for me.

All this to say that the story is definitely interesting, and I look forward to reading the next books.

archvaldiv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

No sé si es por el momento en el que lo leí, pero me encantó este libro. Lo devoré en un día y me pareció super entretenido de leer. Adoro cómo se refleja la sociedad de la montaña de los vampiros, con todos sus defectos y sus tradiciones, y sobre todo cómo Darren se enfrenta a sus pruebas y las reacciones que despierta en los demás. 10/10.