Skulduggery and Valkyrie are back, in an exclusive World Book Day novelette, set after the momentous events of Death Bringer! Hey, punks! Skulduggery and Valkyrie are about to make your day! 15-year-old Ryan is running away from home, looking for escape and adventure. But unfortunately, sometimes people DO get what they wish for. Ryan hasn't gone far before he is set upon by a bunch of scary, nihilistic punk-sorcerers who need him to set off a doomsday device that will destroy the planet and everyone on it. Fun! Riding to the rescue, however, is a certain skeleton detective and his teenage partner/combat accessory. Now Skulduggery and Valkyrie only have a few hours to figure out what's going on, while saving Ryan and -- incidentally -- the whole world. And all that time, the punk-sorcerors are closing in!
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PRAISE FOR SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT: 'Skulduggery Pleasant serves up a thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure. Once you've met Stephanie and Skullduggery, you'll be clamouring for a sequel.' Rick Riordan' 'Hugely enjoyable -- a thrill-a-minute adventure.' Jonathan Stroud 'It's exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun. I sincerely hope Landy revisits these characters.' Philip Ardagh, Guardian 'A gripping debut.' Phil Hogan, Observer "A remarkably accomplished debut with wonderful dialogue." Robert Dunbar, Irish Times "[Landy's] fight scenes are perfectly pitched. His characters are exceptionally well drawn and delightfully colourful! Reading [this book] is like riding a rollercoaster." Irish Independent "Landy's witty style will win him fans of all ages! With writing of this standard, a rattling plot and definite potential for cross-over appeal, it's a good job Harry's [Potter] resigning before he's forcibly retired." Irish Mail on Sunday "Humour and magic combine in this thrilling adventure." Waterstone's Books Quarterly "!people in the book world are raving about this book." Glasgow Herald "It's pacy, it's funny, it's irreverent. The relationship between Skulduggery and Stephanie is tremendously strong. Stephanie is a splendid character -- blunt, logical and outspoken! We enjoyed Skkulduggery Pleasant. Muchly. Roll on volume two!" The Book Bag "A rip-roaring adventure." Irish Sunday Independent "Full of black humour, super powers, mysteries, murder and mayhem." Carousel
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Derek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. "I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave," he says, "or she would be if she were dead."
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Von N. Eilers
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Bei "the end of the World" handelt es sich um eine Kurzgeschichte, die gerade mal 100 Seiten lang ist. Man sollte sich also nicht wundern, dass das Buch doch ziemlich dünn ist.
Zu der Geschichte:
Inhaltlich steigt sie nach Death Bringer ein und es geht um die alltägliche Detektivarbeit von SP und VC. Wobei - ganz alltäglich ist die Arbeit dann doch nicht, denn wie sollte es anders sein - es geht wieder um den Untergang der Welt.
Ryan als Nebencharakter ist gut gelungen, wenn er auch kein Potenzial für den Hauptcast hat. Eine Wende so ziemlich gegen Ende des Buches macht es für mich eindeutig lesenswert.
Zwischendrin hatte ich zwar auch das Gefühl, dass VC und SP doch viel von ihrer sympathischen Art verloren haben, eben weil sie schon zu oft die Welt gerettet haben, aber vielleicht liegt dies auch einfach an der Kürze des Buches.
Ein Hilgight sind ebenfalls die alternativen Szenen am Ende. Es sind Szenen aus dem ersten Band von Derek Landy, wenn es Valkyres Speigelbild nicht geben würde. Für jeden SP Fan ein Anreiz zu Überlegungen, wie viel schwerer es Valkyre gehahbt hätte ohne ihre "reflection".
Als Lückenfüller für die Warterei auf den 7.Band ist "the end of the world" definitiv nicht geeignet, dafür ist es einfach zu schnell durchgelesen, aber es lässt einen die Warterei für einen Moment erträglicher erscheinen. Mehr sollte man für 1,50€(=1 Pfund, World Book Day Token) nicht erwarten.
Also 5 Sterne für das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis.
Zu der Geschichte:
Inhaltlich steigt sie nach Death Bringer ein und es geht um die alltägliche Detektivarbeit von SP und VC. Wobei - ganz alltäglich ist die Arbeit dann doch nicht, denn wie sollte es anders sein - es geht wieder um den Untergang der Welt.
Ryan als Nebencharakter ist gut gelungen, wenn er auch kein Potenzial für den Hauptcast hat. Eine Wende so ziemlich gegen Ende des Buches macht es für mich eindeutig lesenswert.
Zwischendrin hatte ich zwar auch das Gefühl, dass VC und SP doch viel von ihrer sympathischen Art verloren haben, eben weil sie schon zu oft die Welt gerettet haben, aber vielleicht liegt dies auch einfach an der Kürze des Buches.
Ein Hilgight sind ebenfalls die alternativen Szenen am Ende. Es sind Szenen aus dem ersten Band von Derek Landy, wenn es Valkyres Speigelbild nicht geben würde. Für jeden SP Fan ein Anreiz zu Überlegungen, wie viel schwerer es Valkyre gehahbt hätte ohne ihre "reflection".
Als Lückenfüller für die Warterei auf den 7.Band ist "the end of the world" definitiv nicht geeignet, dafür ist es einfach zu schnell durchgelesen, aber es lässt einen die Warterei für einen Moment erträglicher erscheinen. Mehr sollte man für 1,50€(=1 Pfund, World Book Day Token) nicht erwarten.
Also 5 Sterne für das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis.
Von A. Leibold
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Das Buch ist wie nicht anders erwartet, einfach nur perfekt. Der Fall wurde gelöst, das Ende der Welt (gerade so ) verhindert.
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A lot of fun but not quite comparable to the novels
2. März 2012
Von Kribu
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"Skulduggery Pleasant: The End of the World" is a 15,000 word novelette/novella written especially for the 2012 World Book Day event. As such, it's not a full novel, or a part of the overall series arc, nor does it pretend to be either. It's more comparable to the extra short stories that have appeared in the mass market paperback editions of the first five novels in the series.
There are several reasons why short stories set in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe are not, for me anyway, quite as satisfying as the novels - I like the jokes and the magic and all that, but what makes me a fan of the series is the overall series arc and the character development, and the short stories are naturally limited as far as both of those things go.
So if you approach "The End of the World" with high expectations, expecting it to follow on from the events of "Death Bringer", without keeping in mind the natural limitations of the shorter format, you might well end up being a bit disappointed. On the other hand, if you approach it as just an extra story set in the familiar universe, it's much more likely to deliver a satisfying experience. It's a *fun* story. Not deep, nothing to do with the series arc, and while it obviously takes place after "Death Bringer", it's very clearly designed to be read by anyone, including people with no prior familiarity with the series (being part of the World Book Day selection, it's quite likely that it will be picked up by people who haven't read the series).
It's exactly as an introduction to the series that I think it works best. We get the story from the point of view of 15-year-old Ryan, a brand new character, who knows nothing about magic or Valkyrie or Skulduggery, so the readers get introduced to those concepts and characters via his eyes. There is the trademark series humour, there is fighting, there is magic - if the new reader likes this book, he or she will likely enjoy the series. (And vice versa; although the series itself is much deeper, much more multi-layered, much more fascinating and with characters who are really much more rounded and interesting than a short story can show, if the humour and general feeling isn't appealing, then the series probably wouldn't work well either.)
All in all, I was happy with it and enjoyed "The End of the World" very much. Is it as good as the novels? No. Is it my favourite of the extra short stories? I'm not sure it's even that. But it was a fun little story set in a universe I love, and I appreciated the chance of getting a glimpse of Skulduggery and Valkyrie going about their daily business, and having a an extra little adventure to tide me over until the release of the seventh book.
There are several reasons why short stories set in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe are not, for me anyway, quite as satisfying as the novels - I like the jokes and the magic and all that, but what makes me a fan of the series is the overall series arc and the character development, and the short stories are naturally limited as far as both of those things go.
So if you approach "The End of the World" with high expectations, expecting it to follow on from the events of "Death Bringer", without keeping in mind the natural limitations of the shorter format, you might well end up being a bit disappointed. On the other hand, if you approach it as just an extra story set in the familiar universe, it's much more likely to deliver a satisfying experience. It's a *fun* story. Not deep, nothing to do with the series arc, and while it obviously takes place after "Death Bringer", it's very clearly designed to be read by anyone, including people with no prior familiarity with the series (being part of the World Book Day selection, it's quite likely that it will be picked up by people who haven't read the series).
It's exactly as an introduction to the series that I think it works best. We get the story from the point of view of 15-year-old Ryan, a brand new character, who knows nothing about magic or Valkyrie or Skulduggery, so the readers get introduced to those concepts and characters via his eyes. There is the trademark series humour, there is fighting, there is magic - if the new reader likes this book, he or she will likely enjoy the series. (And vice versa; although the series itself is much deeper, much more multi-layered, much more fascinating and with characters who are really much more rounded and interesting than a short story can show, if the humour and general feeling isn't appealing, then the series probably wouldn't work well either.)
All in all, I was happy with it and enjoyed "The End of the World" very much. Is it as good as the novels? No. Is it my favourite of the extra short stories? I'm not sure it's even that. But it was a fun little story set in a universe I love, and I appreciated the chance of getting a glimpse of Skulduggery and Valkyrie going about their daily business, and having a an extra little adventure to tide me over until the release of the seventh book.
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A good quick read!
5. Mai 2012
Von Viet D Nguyen
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Format:Kindle Edition
I have to say, probably due to the fact that this series had such a high standard, this book doesn't live up to the name of it's predecessors. One of the problems with this book is simply becuase it was so short! Without the many pages needed to let the new characters and plot (which in my opinion doesn't really fit in with the rest of the series) develope this book seemed to be a shortstory not meant to be part of the series. It probably would've been better off as an expansion".
This book wasn't boring though. It still had all the fighting scenes and Derek's trademark humour (courtesy of Skulduggery) included. Overall, this is a good book to pick up and read if you're new to the series, but doesn't really reach the standard of the other books. It deserves a 4/5 I reckon.
This book wasn't boring though. It still had all the fighting scenes and Derek's trademark humour (courtesy of Skulduggery) included. Overall, this is a good book to pick up and read if you're new to the series, but doesn't really reach the standard of the other books. It deserves a 4/5 I reckon.
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Worth reading
8. Oktober 2012
Von CMB
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A good book, fun, lots of action and surprises. Looking forward to the next book, hopefully it will be longer.
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