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A review by verosnotebook
The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy
4.0
4.5* last book of the first trilogy
“Detective, have you ever considered the fact that violence is the recourse of the uncivilised man?” Skulduggery looked back. “I’m sophisticated, charming, suave and debonair, Professor. But I have never claimed to be civilised.”
And there is a lot of violence! A new threat is present, wanting to open the portal to the Faceless Ones, and our duo has much to do, lives to save - the usual routine. Apart from the extremely entertaining mix of humour, sarcasm and horror, the strength in these books are the characters. You have the stereotyped ones, or rather caricatures, like Vaurien Scapegrace (love all the names), but also quite a few that grow in complexity, with good and bad traits. And Landy makes them suffer - a lot.
Also, that ENDING!!!!
“Detective, have you ever considered the fact that violence is the recourse of the uncivilised man?” Skulduggery looked back. “I’m sophisticated, charming, suave and debonair, Professor. But I have never claimed to be civilised.”
And there is a lot of violence! A new threat is present, wanting to open the portal to the Faceless Ones, and our duo has much to do, lives to save - the usual routine. Apart from the extremely entertaining mix of humour, sarcasm and horror, the strength in these books are the characters. You have the stereotyped ones, or rather caricatures, like Vaurien Scapegrace (love all the names), but also quite a few that grow in complexity, with good and bad traits. And Landy makes them suffer - a lot.
Also, that ENDING!!!!