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(actual rating: 3.5)So, we're here at last. It's unusual for a book series to stretch on for nine volumes with a coherent storyline, and the plot elements that have been in play since book one finally come to their well-deserved conclusion in 'The Dying of the Light'. It's just a bit of a shame the whole affair was a bit touch and go.It pains me to give this book such a low rating, but don't get me wrong; there's still three-and-a-half stars of Derek Landy goodness here. DOTL might have been the...
Dying of the Light? More like Dying of the Fangirls!One thought played over and over in my mind as I finished the final page of The Dying of the Light: it can't be over! It just can't be!This series has been such a big part of my reading experience - of my life. The first Skulduggery Pleasant book came out in 2007. 7 years of my life since then have been filled with a deep, abiding love for this series with its spot-on dry humor, brilliant characters and amazingly detailed plot. And now...it's o...
I first read this book back in 2014 when It was released and to be able to come back to it in 2017 to reread it and still have it wreck me emotionally is a true testament to how great this book really is.I lost count of how many times I cried while reading (even though I knew what was going to happen) and one point I closed the book and said very loudly "No, No that's okay Derek I didn't need my heart! just destroy it!"Now with Resurrection coming out and this not being the final book I have so
So I found Armageddon Outta Here in a bookshop and immediately pulled it out and flipped to the back to get that promised chapter from The Dying of the Light. It's the second chapter. And it was nice... In fact I was surprised by how normal it was. Same old same old Skulduggery Pleasant. Except for that one major difference that just kept nagging on me the whole time and made me feel sick somewhere in my stomach. God, I don't want to follow this character. I can't stand this character. Derek Lan...
I was fine reading it, managed to not cry, but then I finished it, put the book away and it hit me. This is it. That's when the tears came, but I had a quote jump into my head that I think is quite fitting (I have absolutely NO idea who said it :P): "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." I think in my mind I was giving a eulogy to this series after finishing. I just can't believe it's over. But it will live on forever in my heart :) (and I still managed to make this sound like...
To be honest, I can't help feeling kind of...disappointed.Let me explain myself first before you throw me to the wolves. I felt like the book was rushed, which was not unexpected, given that this is the final book in a very long series and I'm impressed that Derek kept it going and kept it good for so long as it is. It's just that...well, if just one book out of nine had to be the "worst", for want of a better adjective, I would have both wanted and expected it to be the second book. That's usua...
ETA: Still mulling over a Goodreads review, but in the meantime, here is my Amazon review (as spoiler-free as possible).---I am done. Finished. Read it.I'm not even going to try coherence right now, and I really don't want to give anything away at this point, where most people haven't had the chance to read it yet - anything at all, not even in spoiler tags - so right now, I'm just going to leave this here with WHOAH.Yeah.This was a fitting ending to my favourite series ever.An actual review to
Bittersweet, and perfect, and, dammit, why can't I stop crying right now...
Wow. I am still half anticipating that Landy will pop up on social media any day now and say - hah! Got yah! And I'll say, yeah, I just knew that couldn't be how you'd end such a great series....however, on the assumption that he is not that clever (or that I'm not), I'm going to go with the premise that this is it, and allow myself to feel sad. It's a different kind of sad from the ending of a much loved series, though, it's more the kind of sad that you get when an idol falls off his pedestal....
Very fun read. 10/10 would recommend. Here we go again. The sarcasm and wittiness is as on point as ever. 1000 subplots and adventures are included in this novel. And I loved everyone of them. The ending was so creative and something I didn’t see coming. I also loved the way Landy told this story overall. Valkyrie breaks my heart in this one. You can feel her pain. I hope in the next book she allows herself to grieve and heal. Skulduggery should be able to help her a lot with that.The people tha...
Once upon a time, a girl was sitting in a module for her graduate writing program. This module was on the differences between middle grade, young adult, and new adult fiction. Many books were mentioned in the middle grade section, one of which was Skullduggery Pleasant. The professor summarized the series by describing it as a story about a teen girl who teams up with a talking skeleton and solves mysteries. I thought “sounds cool. Maybe I’ll try it someday.” Alternatively, I also thought that t...
3-3.5 stars, I think?Wooooow, it took me way too long to finish this. I want to blame my reading slump, but I have to admit that this is probably my least favourite book of the series so far. I've thankfully taken notes down as I read, so there'll definitely be a proper review coming later, I swear but this was pretty disappointing. I still enjoyed it because it's Skulduggery Pleasant, but... Mm, I was expecting more from this one.I have Resurrection and Midnight waiting and I'm super excited to...
Star Rating: —> 5 HUNDRED MILLION GAZILLION STARS!OH. MY. GOD. TRULY SPEECHLESS RN & SO GRATEFUL THAT LANDY DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE SERIES, INSTEAD OF THIS STAYING THE LAST BOOK. Book 10, Resurrection, arrives tomorrow... which feels like an eternity at the moment... What a f*cking book.
