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STUMBLEBUM
- reviewed by
Jennifer
Hairfield |
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Welcome back to
Darren Shan's
world of demons,
werewolves,
magic, and
chess: Demonata.
In this episode
Dervish is
slowly losing
his mind since
coming back from
battling Lord
Loss, demon
master. Grubbs
has been taking
care of his
uncle the entire
time worried
that it will
continue to get
worse. When
Davida Haym,
schlock-horror
director
extraordinaire,
asks for
Dervish's help
on her new demon
movie it appears
to be the gift
horse that
Dervish has been
waiting for to
take his mind
off things.
With Grubs and
Bill-E in tow,
Dervish agrees
to help with the
movie, hoping it
will clear his
head. And get
him back to
normal. But,
this is not what
happens. With
all Darren
Shan's books
just when
everything looks
normal is when
things hit the
fan. In this
book, Slawter,
also the name of
the movie town,
we find out that
Davida has made
a Faustian deal
with Lord Loss.
But Davida
doesn't read the
fine print of
their contract
and everything
starts to go
down the drain.
But do Dervish
and Grubs save
the day? Do the
demons kill
everyone or no
one? Who will
win: good or
evil?
In the same
styling as the
other two
Demonata
books,
Slawter is
just as good if
not better. This
story picks up
where book one,
Lord Loss
left off but it
also has cameos
of a few
characters from
book two. There
are some great
scenes in this
novel but one of
my favorites
would have to be
towards the end
when the Grady's
are under a
magical sleep
spell where they
go against the
Lamb
organization to
save Bill-E from
being a guinea
pig. There are
tons of pop
culture
references in
the dream
sequence. There
are great fight
scenes as well.
The best fight
scene in the
book is during
the last fight
scene, Grubs
taps into his
magical side and
does things that
not even Dervish
can do.
Sometimes giving
yourself over to
magic fully to
let it use you
is a good thing,
sometimes not.
Does Grubs like
what he's
becoming? Or
would he have
rather not have
known about the
world of
Demonata at all.
The descriptions
of the demons
gets interesting
the more we see
of them. I would
have to say this
is the best book
so far in the
Demonata series.
Don't wait to
pick it up; the
next one will be
out soon.
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