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Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones [Kindle Edition]

Derek Landy (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews) |
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Praise for Skulduggery Pleasant (HB)

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

'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

Praise for The Faceless Ones:

“A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour” 5 star review, Sunday Express

“Hard-boiled detective wisecracks mixed with magic.” The Times

“Fast and funny” The imes

“A magical mystery that grabs you from the first word and doesn’t let go, not even when you’re finished, and leaves you gasping for more like a fish out of water. Terrifyingly good!” First News

“The third book in this hilarious series featuring the skeleton detective will set the kids’ spines tingling!” Asda magazine

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Praise for The Faceless Ones:

“A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour” 5 star review, Sunday Express

“Hard-boiled detective wisecracks mixed with magic.” The Times

“Fast and funny” The imes

“A magical mystery that grabs you from the first word and doesn’t let go, not even when you’re finished, and leaves you gasping for more like a fish out of water. Terrifyingly good!” First News

“The third book in this hilarious series featuring the skeleton detective will set the kids’ spines tingling!” Asda magazine

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Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 616 KB
  • Print Length: 436 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0061240931
  • Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks (27 April 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002RIA080
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,021 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
The Third And The Best 1 April 2009
A Kid's Review
Format:Hardcover
Skuduggery Pleasant is Back! A brilliant book, with a fab plot, this new one is the best without question. I read this in 2 days. You just can't put it down. And the cliffhanger is un expected...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By TeensReadToo TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Valkyrie Cain and company are back for another daring, supernatural adventure in Derek Landy's THE FACELESS ONES. This is the best SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT novel I've read so far, with much more development of the characters, their relationships, and higher stakes than we've ever seen before. If you thought life was dangerous for this crowd in the first two books, hold on to you hats - 'cause things only get worse from here.

Teleporters across the world are being murdered. Despite the suspension of his official title as Sanctuary's lead investigator, skeleton detective Skulduggery Pleasant and his young protégé, Valkyrie Cain, are on the case. It's small wonder then, when they're contacted by the world's last trained teleporter, Emmett Peregrine, for protection. But when Peregrine is murdered by members of The Diablerie on ace swordswoman Tanith Low's watch, the savvy duo knows the stakes have risen to an all-time high. For this time our heroes aren't just facing a skilled dark sorcerer intent on revenge, but a crazed madman determined to bring back a nearly indestructible force: The Faceless Ones.

What I enjoyed so much this time around was how Mr. Landy maintained the plot's forward-charging momentum, while simultaneously deepening the relationships between the main characters. The affection between Valkyrie and her new group of friends grows more apparent with each book, especially the almost parent/child attachment between her and Skulduggery, despite his best efforts to remain aloof. These familial stirrings are further evidenced when both mad scientist Kenspeckle Grouse and ex-boxer-turned-fine-tailor Ghastly Bespoke express deep concern over the increasing risks Valkyrie's new job poses to her life.

There are also wonderful scenes demonstrating how much "life" Valkyrie is missing out on by allowing her mirror self to take over her everyday activities, whether it's her first kiss, the growing distance in the relationship with her parents, or Tanith's tacit agreement with Kenspeckle's belief that Val needs friends her own age. As she sustains one injury after another and multiple near-death encounters, it becomes clear to the reader (if not Valkyrie herself) that this wickedly cool existence comes at a high price.

I applaud Derek Landy for not being afraid of taking the SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT novels in an even darker direction and showing the effects such events have on his young heroine's psyche. I'm eagerly anticipating book #4.

Reviewed by: Cat
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By T. Why
Format:Hardcover
I bought this for my son as an alternative Easter present and he has read it in three days! In his 12 year old words 'its brilliant, so good mum, full of surprises and left open for another book'. From what I can gather it has a great mixture of action and adventure with well known characters from the previous books.
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