Skulduggery Pleasant: Summary and book reviews of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, plus links to an excerpt from Skulduggery Pleasant and a biography of Derek Landy.

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant Ace Detective Snappy Dresser Razor–tongued Wit Crackerjack Sorcerer and Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton —as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old. These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil. The end of the world? Over his dead body.

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From the moment Skulduggery appears the action heats up and drives the reader relentlessly through the book. While comparisons with Harry Potter seem inevitable, this book has more in common with the Artemis Fowl novels - lots of action, snappy dialog and magic.  (Reviewed by BookBrowse Review Team).

Full Review (334 words).

Media Reviews

Locus Fun and quirky [with] lots of humor.   Kirkus Reviews A high-intensity tale shot through with spectacular magic battles, savage mayhem, cool outfits, monsters, hidden doors, over-the-top names, narrow escapes, evil schemes and behavior heroic, ambiguous and really, really bad.   Publishers Weekly Starred Review. An utterly charming debut.   The Guardian - Philip Ardagh It's exciting, pacy, nicely handled and it's fun. There's nothing worthy about it, and it's all the better for that. And, I might add, it's self-contained. Landy may well revisit these characters - I sincerely hope he does - but it's a pleasingly rounded tale, which is refreshing in these days of endless open-ended books of never-ending series.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by BD
Review
Very Good indeed

Rated of 5 by MY REVIEW
pleasure of reading
My review is that books are our best friend. Books give us information. While in Pakistan most people cannot read and write because did not go school when they were children. So we shall work hard in exams and respect the books. In books there are...   Read More

Rated of 5 by kino (don'nt think im a boy cuz i am a girl)
kino thinks sp is awesome
I really enjoy Skulduggery Pleasant and for other readers there is more! Look out for Playing with Fire, The Faceless Ones , Darkdays , Mortal Coil and the new one coming out in September this year! (Which by the way is 2011)

Rated of 5 by Michael Merenda
Michaels Review
Skulduggery Pleasant is by far the best book is the whole world. When I first saw the book it looked eye-catching and a great book to read .Of course I am going to pick the book up and look at it. It is a cross between magic themes, action and...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Michael M
Mikes Review
Well were do I start? Skulduggery Pleasant is by far the best book I have ever read.It has brilliant fantasy scenes and action. I would recomend this book to anyone! Derek Landy really hits the spot! What a book!!!!!!

Rated of 5 by FOD
WOW!
It's a mindblowing book with something for any book lover who is clever enough to read it. The second book wasn't so good but the third and fourth were true masterpieces and I can't wait till the fifth one comes out.

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