A review by alexauthorshay
Trials of Death by Darren Shan

3.0

Not as painful as the previous volume, but I think that was only because I read through so much of it at a time. It is, as a children's book, thankfully fast to read—just a few hours. Definitely more 'action' packed than the previous volume as well, however it's told mostly through passive description. All of Darren's trials feel like summary, and so much of the book feels like it's just him describing things that happened, with very little interaction with other characters. The ending, at least, felt less arbitrarily cut off, but I still think this book and the previous one would have been better as one volume.