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| Title | : | Sons of Destiny (Cirque du Freak #12) |
| Author | : | Darren Shan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First US Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | September 6th 2006 by Little, Brown and Company (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Horror. Paranormal. Vampires |
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Hardcover | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 4.21 | 18757 Users | 823 Reviews
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This review contains SPOILERS. Worst ending to a series, EVER. I was so enthusiastic for these novels. Darren Shan presented a whole new world in his first books. He caught the attention of the reader immediately. I've read a few reviews that said that from the 2nd trilogy the series started to decay. I absolutely disagree with this statement. I NEVER considered it boring, at all. Truly, for the "Great finale" I was expecting something big, surprising, an epic fight, a shocking ending. Instead of that, Darren Shan gave us a dull, unrealistic and forced "novel". First of all, the title "Sons of Destiny". Was I the only one who KNEW (and without reading any spoilers) that Darren was the son of Mr. Tiny? Or was the title REALLY obvious? A huge mistake, especially because at the beginning it is openly written that the mysterious character was name Des Tiny (yes, for those who hadn’t guessed yet). I think that Mr. Shan gave us some shocking scenes while the story was moving forward, but there is a tiny line between some INTERESTING plot twist and a DULL, STUPID and FORCED twist when the author ran out of ideas. Along the whole series I bore the "childish" dialogue, and sometimes understood the context of it. But in this installment (if the author didn't know) there is A WAR happening. His resources were null. There are more important things to describe in an "epic fight" than how the “girlfriend” of the main character looked like. Oh, yes, "the fight". In the past volumes we had some pretty amazing fighting. So, I (as a constant reader) was expecting something even bigger. I mean, there were vampires and vampanezes all around the world. Their future was about to be sorted out in just a fight. If you habitually read those sentences throughout eleven novels, OBVIOUSLY you are expecting something ENORMOUS for the twelfth. And what did Mr. Shan give us? A pathetic, wretched and almost funny "fight" (more like a diminutive version of a concentration camp) in a stadium. The Vampire Mountain would have been a much better scenario for those scenes. When you keep using some elements in your novels, the reader habituates to them. They’re part of the world. But in this novel, several external elements were introduced, so it turned into a "non-credible" world anymore. Yes, it's a fantasy (pseudo "horror") series, but the author has to stick to what he has written throughout eleven installments. I liked the novel until the middle of it (except for the "epic fight"), and Darren dying in the river would have been a very good ending. But the author found it too short and got us into the literary nightmare of the more than 100 additional pages that he had to write to have the approval of the publishing company. Yes, I know that he had to complete the circle to fit it to the beginning, the idea that it's the "real" Darren Shan starring the story (evidently, nobody who is sane would ever believe that), but it could have been done in a better way. Actually, that premise could have been dropped before he published the very first novel of the series, changing the name of the main character, telling the story in 3rd person. So, we MIGHT have a better ending here. Finally, I have read a few 5-stars reviews from this very same page. And I just have to say... PLEASE, don't trust them. The plot twists are not as good as some people describe them. As I said before, they were forced at the point we got out of the magnificent world the author created. It almost seems that the author spitted grotesquely several ideas that he had for other stories, mixed them up, put them the name of "Sons of Destiny" and published it. Not a good thing. Is this a good series? It's AMAZING. It's addictive. Sometimes well written, but above all, very entertaining. Is this a good book? No. The dullest ending to a franchise ever. It truly deserved one star.
Present Books Concering Sons of Destiny (Cirque du Freak #12)
| Original Title: | Sons of Destiny (Cirque Du Freak, Book 12) |
| ISBN: | 0316156299 (ISBN13: 9780316156295) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Cirque du Freak #12 |
| Characters: | Darren Shan |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 18757 Users | 823 ReviewsAssess Based On Books Sons of Destiny (Cirque du Freak #12)
I can't remember the day I first read this book but it was around ten years ago. I started reading the cirque du freak saga when I was at school at 15 and to be honest it was the huge picture of a spider on the front that drew me to it! So I read and read and before I knew it I was on this book the finale. Darren, you will always be my favouritte author, as you were the one that made me get in to reading. Entering that magical world where you are on this long journey with these amazingYou know, I'm honestly not entirely sure how I feel about this book. On the one hand, I think it was the greatest series ending ever. But, on the other hand, I completely hate how Darren was manipulated and, ultimately, forced to choose a fate that I really didn't like. But I really can't go into that without going into A LOT of spoilers. So, let's just say, I've enjoyed this series so much and I'm almost in complete denial that I'm actually finished since I've been reading it sporadically for
[SPOILER ALERT]Now that I've finally finished the entire series, I'd rather give a review of the entire books in general, rather than just this ONE end to the Saga.Of this specific book, however, it was one of the worst of the series. It was dragged out and boring. I don't see the purpose of furthering the book after Darren's death, and even if we accept his moment in purgatory, what was the point of that last chapter? Farewell to the fans? It was just too melodramatic to me.I particularly liked
I had goosebumps almost the whole time and especially the last 20 pages or so just reminded me why I love this series so much. It was my third time reading the series but so many things I had forgotten from my previous reads that it was still surprising. I think that this book together with the second one is my favorite. Of course there is the Vampire Mountain trilogy which stands above all but besides this, the other two are my favorite.I wanna thank Darren Shan for having created this (and
WARNING: SPOILERS AND STRONG LANGUAGEFuck this.Fuck...all of this. What the hell even is this.I refuse to believe I went through 11 entire books to find out IT WAS ALL A DREAM.First, where the hell did ALL of that character development go?! Darren started with "I'm never drinking blood! I'm still partly human!" to the realization of "I'm a vampire." and then "I'm a vampire Prince. I have duties and responsibilities to the clan first and foremost. (Except Debbie.)" which turned to "I'm one of the
Thank God that's over!I seriously disliked this book series. It wasn't good. I originally bought all twelve books because, one it was an amazing deal, and two I had read most of the first one and it was brilliant. But the series was dragged out and pointless most of the time. I honestly felt like the author could have ended it when Darren became a Prince.These books are so thin, and are normally all under 200 pages long, yet they take me so long to read because they just drain me of energy.
Reviewed by Grandma Bev for TeensReadToo.comWith this book, we come to the end of the CIRQUE DU FREAK series by Darren Shan, the one we have been waiting for and dreading. Now the Vampire Prince must face his archenemy, Steve Leopard. It is a complex and difficult problem -- He will be dead if he loses and damned if he wins. One of them will die -- the other will become the Lord of the Shadows and destroy the world. Vampire or Vampaneze; who will win? Can Darren cheat destiny? The action is fast
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