A review by thanksfrthemoomeries
Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I decided to reread an old favorite of mine and while it was just as I remembered it, it wasn’t actually that good. It was slow and the main character is annoying, but then again he’s a teenage boy. It holds up as a YA novel, but I wouldn’t have read them now as an adult.