The book is about a girl called Stephanie who inherits a whole house from her dead uncle. While spending a night there by herself, she is saved from an evil monster bya skeleton called Skulduggery Pleasant. She begs to come with him on his adventures as a detective, and he agrees. The book so far has been a whirlwind of action, and I have learnt about Given names, chosen names, Elementals, Adepts and much more.
I am halfway through this book, but it has already gripped me. As I have said, it is not the genre of book I would usually choose, however I'm glad I did. It has already introduced to me two strong characters and shown a solid plotline, and the Landy's style of writing is very easy to read.
The opening of the story could have been, I think, a bit stronger. It lacked the kind of fluidity that attracts the reader, although the pace of the book pickd up a few pages in. Aft reading Harry potter and Twilight, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to read another fantasy book aimed at children/teenagers, and I was slightly sceptical about this book when I saw hat the heroine was a young teenager named Stephanie. However, this book I found as a breath of fesh air, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for smoething slightly different, but still in the same genre as Harry Potter/Twilight.
I would rate this book ( so far) as 3/5 stars, and I would reccomend it to boys and girls aged 8-14
I've read this book and I agree, it is AMAZING!!! I was the same as you, a little sceptical, but you have made some really good, justified points that would convince me to read it. When you are done, you should do a final write up as I'd like to see what you thought off the rest of the book:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Isobel! I will get to work on an updated review!
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