“Skulduggery Pleasant” by Derek Landy
The gentleman with the firehand
“Skulduggery Pleasant” by Derek Landy, written in Ireland in 2007 is about a magic skeleton detective called Skulduggery Pleasant. His friend, Gordon Edgley dies a mysterious death and afterwards his niece is given Gordon’s house. Staying there all by herself Stephanie is one day visited by an evil magician who is about to kill her. Luckily, she is saved by Skulduggery at the last minute. That’s how Stephanie and the detective become friends. Skulduggery tells her everything important to know about the magic world. He tells her that he is a detective in the magic world and Stephanie wants to help him. So Skulduggery creates a clone of Stephanie, who does all her work in the real world. Stephanie and Skulduggery have to fight against an evil and powerful magician, called Nefarian Serpine, who wants to recall the faceless, the Gods of the magic world, which want to destroy humanity. Losing any fight against Nefarian Serpine could be the end of the world.
I think the message of the book is that people should trust each other and never give up, no matter how desperate they are.
The vocabulary in the novel is rather demanding, so in case you want to read it, you will need a good knowledge of vocabulary. Yet, the novel is also quite funny. Even when you don’t expect it, there´s a joke waiting for you. Plus, this novel tells you how to defend yourself against evil magic.
All in all, I would recommend this book to people at my age and older.
Hope you enjoy:)
Lukas (14)
The gentleman with the firehand
“Skulduggery Pleasant” by Derek Landy, written in Ireland in 2007 is about a magic skeleton detective called Skulduggery Pleasant. His friend, Gordon Edgley dies a mysterious death and afterwards his niece is given Gordon’s house. Staying there all by herself Stephanie is one day visited by an evil magician who is about to kill her. Luckily, she is saved by Skulduggery at the last minute. That’s how Stephanie and the detective become friends. Skulduggery tells her everything important to know about the magic world. He tells her that he is a detective in the magic world and Stephanie wants to help him. So Skulduggery creates a clone of Stephanie, who does all her work in the real world. Stephanie and Skulduggery have to fight against an evil and powerful magician, called Nefarian Serpine, who wants to recall the faceless, the Gods of the magic world, which want to destroy humanity. Losing any fight against Nefarian Serpine could be the end of the world.
I think the message of the book is that people should trust each other and never give up, no matter how desperate they are.
The vocabulary in the novel is rather demanding, so in case you want to read it, you will need a good knowledge of vocabulary. Yet, the novel is also quite funny. Even when you don’t expect it, there´s a joke waiting for you. Plus, this novel tells you how to defend yourself against evil magic.
All in all, I would recommend this book to people at my age and older.
Hope you enjoy:)
Lukas (14)