Skulduggery Pleasant Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Is it great writing? No. Is it a heck of a thrill ride , full adrenaline witty banter abound? Yes. This is a recurring favorite of kids around the age of ten and eleven. I have read it five times and I have given it to many kids, all of whom have become readers primarily due to this book and Rick Riordan's. In this, Skulduggery is a crime-fighting skeleton with a Groucho Marx wit, and he encounters a girl name Stephanie who is bored with her life. Needless to say, they become friends and their lives intersect. I liked the fast-paced plot, and when I read it with the kids, they found the humor absolutely hilarious.Caveat : there are some "damns" and "hells" in here, and there is reference to magic. This didn't offend me, but some may not like that aspect. Personally, the book is a heckuva rollercoaster through Ireland and beyond. If you have a boy or girl around this age and you don't know what to recommend, get this. They will love it.

My 10 year old son loves this book so much he arm-twisted me into reading it, and even I liked it. It's a PI book featuring a sarcastic, cynical skeleton as the PI. I recommend it for any fan of Harry Potter, Gregor the Overlander, The Lightning Thief, the City of Ember or other Young Adult fantasy novels.But mostly I wanted to say if you are looking at this review of a used paperback version of the book "Skulduggery Pleasant", what you'll actually get is the book "Scepter of the Ancients (Skulduggery Pleasant)". They are the same book...the first title was the hardcover edition; the title was changed for the American paperback edition released in 2009. Amazon sells the paperback new. I was mislead into thinking it was a different book (different covers, different titles, one out of print and selling used for premium prices), and thus I ordered both -- and wound up with exactly the same book, one new from Amazon, one used and more expensive from Amazon Marketplace!

The characters made this book for me. Stephanie is a smart and strong heroine. Like many other protagonists in "hidden world" books, she is bored with her ordinary life and jumps at the chance to try a new life. I appreciated the fact that she didn't just magically fit perfectly into this world. She's surrounded by magical people and she can't do magic. That's a big problem when people are trying to kill you. That doesn't stop her from working on it though. She practices through out the book and she can finally to a teensy bit of magic.Skulduggery was... interesting. I liked his personality and how he and Stephanie got along. Seriously the quick, witty banter between the two of them was the best part of the book. I was a bit weirded out by the fact that he's a 100+ year old skeleton and he's hanging out with a 12 year old. That's weird right? Sure nothing weird went on with them but it was a bit odd.I didn't enjoy the story as much as I thought I would. I'm always a fan of "hidden world"/save the world books so I should have liked this book. Something just never completely clicked for me. The mythos of the story was a bit too new age-y. Maybe it wasn't new age-y per se but that's the vibe I was getting from it. I kind of got in to the habit of skimming over sections where they went into details about the ancient one and the stone. Basically the mythos wasn't for me but it was done well.

In my mournaing state after reading Artemis Fowl 8, I started looking for a new series. People told me that I should try Skulduggery Pleasant. I shrugged, and after seeing that it was one ale, I bought the first one.It starts out with the death of and uncle and mysterious things happening to our protangonist. I rolled, my eyes, this seemed too much like half of the YA wizard/magical books out on the market, but the style was very readable so I pushed on. Once I got to chapter three, I was hooked. While the first chapter was pretty common, everything else was original. A walking, talking skeleton. This seemed like it was written for TV judging by the banter, but it was funny. This book brought back what I have been looking for, wich was a tight knit group of people that are witty, but do not totally trust ech other, and an orignal take on a fantasy world. The only thing that bothered me was the fact that some minor characters were very forgettable, and sometimes tjose characters came back to play a big part, causing me to think, "Who the heck are yo...ohhh." The parent-kid relationship wasn't very strong either. And then there was the cheesiness in names. However, if you are looking for a series that is fresh, original, and filled to bursting with all kinds of questionable characters, Go on and try the first one.

It's always fun to find new book options for kids. A lot of students need to read over the summer or find a book for DEAR - Drop Everything And Read.In case you are wondering the reading level of these books and the series order - here you go:Book one - Skulduggery Pleasant - Scepter of the AncientsLexile = 760LBook two - Playing with FireLexile = 700LBook three - The Faceless OnesLexile = 680LBook Four - Dark DaysBook Five - Mortal CoilBook six - Death BringerLexile = No info on these last three. I'll fill them in later when they become available.You can learn more about Lexile Measurements on Lexile . com. To over simplify it, the lower the number, the easier a book is to read. If your son or daughter has taken a standardized test at school, he or she will have a score. You can go up or down from this score. Up to challenge your young reader, down to give positive reading sessions and success.Happy reading!!

This book is amazing! I would recommended it to people who like magic books such as Harry Potter. Overall a great enjoyment to read good gob Derek Landry!

Fast-paced action from cover to cover, the protagonists' reactions are so beautifully understated that the tension is balanced with humor and civility. Great fun.

I initially wasn't very interested in the series, but now that I'm on book three, it's really hard to put down. Highly recommend.

It takes real skill to make story about a talking skeleton and betrayal into a charming young adult adventure—he nailed it. I was surprised at how well done this was.

Very captivating story. Despite the whole concept being a bit absurd, I was completely sucked in and the characters were completely believable.

Fantasy novels about a child discovering a hidden world of magic alongside our own are a dime a dozen at this point, and this book is a fine exemplar that doesn't really...

Didn't realize this was YA when I got it, but darn if that wasn't fun! Tons of world building,a bunch of likeable characters and some laugh-out-loud dialogue

This is my friend's favorite book series and when she heard it was coming to America she recommended I read it.

But it is listed as a book for children so there is not very much depth to it. I might consider reading the next book in the series if I have absolutely nothing else to...

This is my absolutely favorite book! I began reading the series when I was 12, and as I grew older, there was something incredibly special with how Valkyrie Cain, the main...