Skulduggery Pleasant
by Derek Landy
Taste attributes: fantasydetectivecomedyteenfastfresh & originallightimaginarylinearglossyfighting evilunlikely connectionssolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, light fantasy novel: fresh and fast. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there's his sidekick, Stephanie. She's...well, she's a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out..."So you won't keep anything from me again? "He put his hand to his chest.
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- Derek Landy
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 368
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