This is the last in the "Skulduggery Pleasant" series which is absolutely amazing and I would recommend it to everyone.As I am writing this review, I have literally just finished the book and there are so many thoughts going on in my head right now that I have to write them all down.
The first thing that I can think of after finishing this is "Why, Derek? Why?" We all know that Derek is not going to delve into this world any more but there are so many possibilities which can be carried on from this. This world has been a part of my life for many years and now that it is over there are so many emotions which I am feeling.
My heart was torn out during many sections of this book. I would like to say that there are some spoilers which could come up from now on so you cannot moan at me for it and it is all your fault.
This includes when Fletcher starts to date Stephanie. When this occurred I was in shock. How could this be? It just isn't right. Since 'The Faceless Ones' when Fletcher appeared into our lives, I knew that he was supposed to be with Valkyrie and I always supported them to be together in the end.
When Tanith finds out about the death of Ghastly, this is a soul destroying moment. The amount of emotion which was conveyed really seeped into my heart and made me feel as the characters did. This is just another way of showing how emotional Derek Landy is in his writing.
I was shocked how I felt when reading the death of Sanguine. Before, I never really thought much of him except that he was the bad guy and wanted to help to destroy the world but as the books developed, it really showed that he has a caring side, especially for Tanith as he died to protect her. This really showed that he did love her and in the end he was able to do the right thing.
During the fighting with Darquesse, there was obviously many casualties. However, these were not mentioned in the book afterwards. There are suggestions to say that they died but many characters which have a place in all of our hearts have no obvious outcome. This includes Saracen, Vex, Bane and O'Callahan. I thought this was very disappointing as there is no idea what happened or even if they are still alive. Also, I really did think we would find out what Saracen's powers were!
There is one obvious part of this book which really shocked me and honestly, I was in tears while reading this section. This was at the end of chapter 106 (I will not say anything more but those who have read this book will know what I am talking about.) This part of the book was written so beautifully that after I finished reading this chapter I didn't know what to say or do. I just stared at the pages in absolute shock as I could not believe what was happening. What made this even worse is that the book had you believing that this was the case until the very end of the book when something happens to prove otherwise.
There are probably so many more things which I could talk about in this review, unfortunately they have all escaped me due to the amount of "feels" which I am currently having and I will most likely think of something to add to this later so I shall just edit the post to slip it in.
To anyone who is reading this post, I would just like to say that if you have not already done so you MUST go to your local book store and buy the first book in this series so that you can fall in love with this brilliant writing and story.
Finally, I would just like to say thank you to Derek Landy for bringing this world both into my life and into my heart as it is a book series which I have read many times and most likely to read them again in the future.
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