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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
The tenth installment in the saga of Darren Shan. Harkat's nightmares are getting worse. Mr. Tiny says he must travel to the Lake of Souls and find out who he was in life or he will go insane. Darren and Harkat set off together to find the answers to Harkat's previous identity. Will they succeed? What awaits them in the murky waters of the dead? Another exciting adventure in the Cirque Du Freak series.
This isn't a proper review but this is honestly one of my favourite books in this series simply for the reveal. The mystery is so much more than the previous books and it seemed like the writing was better too.
I read this series years ago so even though I had forgotten until I started on the book I realised a few pages in who Harkat was, and people seem to think that the teeth were the biggest clue but for me it was the scars on his face, which is something I missed the first time around but seemed so obvious this time. Also the world building was horrifying and brilliant, and I really don't think I would like to have seen the Grotesque!! All in all a great book and an amazing series.
I read this series years ago so even though I had forgotten until I started on the book I realised a few pages in who Harkat was, and people seem to think that the teeth were the biggest clue but for me it was the scars on his face, which is something I missed the first time around but seemed so obvious this time. Also the world building was horrifying and brilliant, and I really don't think I would like to have seen the Grotesque!! All in all a great book and an amazing series.
3.5 stars. Woohoo this is such an improvement and a fresh breath of air from the last trilogy. This is packed with much more hands-on action and almost free from the cringe-worthy love interest that ruined the previous few books. This has the quality of the first books in the series that I adored. However, there was a central character in this book that I wish was more elaborated on instead of being half-assed obscure throughout the story and then suddenly revealed to be "the villain" and "deserving" of death at the end. Overall, while I agree that this doesn't add much to the over-arching plot, it is still a pretty decent "stand-alone" that kept me interested and on edge throughout. Maybe that is why I fell in love with the Darren Shan Saga years ago by starting off with this particular book.
This one would have worked well as a standalone, although then we'd lack knowledge of the motivations.