Cirque Du Freak a Living Nightmare Book Review
Publisher Description
From the Principal of Horror comes the kickoff gripping book in the twelve book New York Times bestselling Saga of Darren Shan. Start the tale from the beginning in the book that inspired the feature pic The Vampire's Assistant and petrified devoted fans worldwide.
A young male child named Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, become tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a wonderfully gothic freak bear witness featuring weird, frightening half homo/half animals who interact terrifyingly with the audience. In the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its caput when Steve recognizes that one of the performers-- Mr. Crepsley-- is a vampire!
Stever remains later on the testify finishes to face up the vampire-- but his motives are surprising! In the shadows of a crumbling theater, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. Equally if by destiny, Darren is pulled to Mr. Crepsley and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires.
This is the outset of Darren'south story.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With strong sales overseas and a movie deal in the works, book one in The Saga of Darren Shan serial is poised to capture a wide audience of serial horror readers. After a rather slow buildup, a boy with the same name as the author sneaks out with best friend Steve to an illicit freak bear witness, and his life becomes entangled with a vampire spider-wrangler, Mr. Crepsley. "This is a truthful story," writes Shan. "In existent life, bad things happen. People die. Fights are lost. Evil frequently wins." The scenario is compelling, and the author mines the exploitative history of early 20th-century sideshows to create an artfully macabre "Cirque du Freak." But Darren'due south actions are oft undermotivated: "I can't explain why Madam Octa meant and so much to me, or why I was placing my life in such danger to have her. Looking back, I'm no longer sure what collection me on." Also his intermittent attraction to and repulsion past the vampire is never fully explored. His behavior may be explained in the sequel, The Vampire's Banana (due in Sept.), merely the open ending leaves so many loose ends that readers may leave more than frustrated than intrigued, peculiarly since the characters' wooden dialogue drains them of personality ("I'm upset," says Steve. "It hurt, what Mr. Crepsley said, and you ignoring me at school... If you interruption upward our friendship, I don't know what I'll practice"). Readers interested in boys becoming vampires would be better served by M.T. Anderson's Thirsty and those fascinated with freaks by Iain Lawrence's Ghost Boy. Ages 10-upwardly.
GENRE
Young Adult
RELEASED
2008
August 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
272
Pages
PUBLISHER
Piddling, Brown Books for Young Readers
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
838.one
KB
Audience
Grades seven-17
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