A review by carissaabc
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

4.0

many, many classic fantasy elements (unsuspecting heroine, dying older relative bequeathing important--world saving stuff, "real names" have power over you, good vs. evil, blah, blah, blah) but what sets this apart is a)the walking, talking skeleton hero character and b)the witty banter oh, and c)the delightful "taken" names that the characters choose for themselves. I liked those. The voice that the audiobook reader chose for Skullduggery was not at ALL what I would have imagined for the style of the humor of the book (the voice is extremely deep and gravelly, the wit is light and fast-paced) which is an odd thing to realize since I haven't read paper copies of the book and established a voice for the character in my head before I heard this voice. I kind of want to read another tale to see where the author goes with this. I mean, this is supposed to be the intro to the series and it already seemed pretty epic. Is he gonna continue to notch it up? Might be exhausting.