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Mention of The Simpsons. Adults and teens drink wine. What parents need to know Parents need to know that the author claims in the introduction to Cirque Du Freak, the first of the part Saga of Darren Shan series featuring circus freaks and vampires, that this is a true story, which some young readers may find confusing. Continue reading Show less. Stay up to date on new reviews.
Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your inbox. User Reviews Parents say Kids say. Adult Written by AngellaR July 30, This got my teen that hated reading started reading for pleasure Literally - the kid read what his teachers made him read.
Then, when there were only four books in the Cirque Du Freak series and one Demonata book out the lib Continue reading. Report this review. Adult Written by Matthew T. January 17, I agree with many of the other adults saying it does get more explicit in violenc Teen, 13 years old Written by cwg98 May 15, But definately not for under 12s as the first book is sad and depressing and Children Books.
Koyasan The Thin Executioner Hagurosan. Adult Books. Lady of the Shades. Other Works. Darren Shan manga Cirque du Freak Movie. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Cirque Du Freak book. View source. History Talk 3. Universal Conquest Wiki. The Saga of Darren Shan. Harper Collins. The Vampire's Assistant. Cirque Du Freak Chapters. I want to continue the series because of its richness creepy build of doing a story especially the character of Mr.
Crepsley hail all the praise for this man especially the narrator that makes him became lively and scary. On to the next book in the series I decided to dive into these books again after ten years, and I'm now thinking that Mr Crepsley and Darren would be one and two years older, respectively.
Time has no mercy. Honest to God, my heart aches just thinking about everything that will happen in these books, but it is worth the ride. This book was totally awesome. At first I thought that this book would be boring, but then the main character, Darren Shan and his friend Steve went to a freak show called, "Cirque Du Freak When they went to the freak show it took me by surprise.
To be honest I was a little bit scared. The plot about this book is really cool. It all begins with two best friends that live in London, United Kingdom. Darren Shan is the main character and his best fr This book was totally awesome.
Darren Shan is the main character and his best friend is Steve Leonard "Leopard". That is where the suspense kicked in. All of a sudden there friend Allen comes running up to them and starts talking about how his older brother found a flyer about a freak show. I was so into the book that in my head I was right there with them when to their surprise he pulls out the flyer It said when and where to get the tickets. From here the suspense started growing fast!
So Steve and Darren went to the freak show. The characters made my imagination really work to make this scene real in my mind. There were so many cool but freaky acts, like Wolf Boy and Hans Hands.
One of the coolest acts was Mr. Crepsley and the biggest spider in the world, Madam Octa. This is where the biggest plot twist happened.
At the end of the show Steve told Darren to go and he would catch up with him. But Darren didn't listen and he went up onto the balcony where nobody could see him.
Then he saw Steve in the middle of the stage looking for someone. All of a sudden Mr. The ending is the most unsuspected part of the story. While we expected Steve to kill Darren, along with Mr. Crepsly, more twists at the end of this book leave us wanting to know the rest of the story.
Clearly there are more books to read! View all 5 comments. They really tone that down in the movie I guess. The characters were sweet or interesting though. The plot was good, if not a little short.
Not too dangerous and definitely humorous. Overall, I enjoyed it and the narrator was fabulous!! The voices he made were just so fun and felt spot on!! In a longer series for kids, sometimes you should be patient when forming an opinion. So read on I shall!! Years ago I watched the film and fell in love with this series. It was a shame the movies never continued because I was enchanted and adored it.
I had a Harry Potter-mania type love for it. Why wouldn't I? I'm a girl obsessed with Halloween and all things spooky! As an adult, it's weird picking this book up. I can totally tell I'd be obsessed with this book series as a middle grader.
It's a real shame I never grabbed it back then. It would have totally fit on my shelves next to my Goosebumps and Years ago I watched the film and fell in love with this series. It would have totally fit on my shelves next to my Goosebumps and Bunnicula!
Darren Shan being the author and main protagonist is interesting. I did read this series out of order, so it was weird knowing what happens next, but it was still good!
I can totally see why middle graders loved this series and I can see why it was so popular. I want to keep reading its because it's fun, mysterious and full of frights. It has a male lead, which is different from what I normally get, so it also made reading it a bit more interesting. A vampire tale told by a male becoming a vampire and not a girl chasing after them? Not my norm! Oh, and it's dark. I love that! Overall, I really liked this book. It's got a whimsical tale with lots of spooky lore and mysteries that will surely be expanded upon.
I want to see how the world of Cirque Du Freak works and what will become of Steve. Four out of five stars. If I could go back in time The past was behind me. The best thing now would be to stop looking over my shoulder. It was time to forget the past and look to the present and future. I can't say it's my favorite Young Adult series since I have so many to read still.
Based on what I've read so far, if they stay this good or improve, I'd have to answer that question with, "Yes, the Cirque Du Freak collection is my favorite YA". Really, one owes it to themselves to read this. The protagonist is a young boy and there are no bizarre twisted love stories or love triangles here.
There is a touch of youth, the circus, a truly incredible unique world setting, and the tests and bonds of friendship, family, and faith. At first the plot seemed too young to me, the writing slightly awkward, too childlike and easy to zip through, to where I was wondering that the age was TOO young. However, almost midway through the author picked it up and the tale became absolutely fascinating with improved literary style. After the first chapter or two the author seemed to get more comfortable and settled in with a more relaxed, realistic tone.
Basically, for a book this was good, for it's age group? Mixed with a fun lightness but also a depressing darkness, the story starts out much simpler than it ends. In fact, there is a heart-wrenching scene for the parents in store, which made me cry, as I couldn't imagine much that would be more awful to endure.
Fun lightness comes primarily at the beginning before Darren's life changes forever -- fun with friends, time outside spent playing sports and planning on trips to the "secret circus. He's a teenage boy with the normal sort of angst, a realistic innocence and loyalty to friends, a healthy dose of dread and fear. The vampire in the story may sound unattractive to any who prefer darker themed menaces.
Not a menace at all, he's kind enough although reclusive and not particularly fond of children. The boy, the vampire, the spider, and the group of circus freaks are all forced together in unusual circumstances which don't end up pleasantly. Steve as the friend was a multi-leveled character, but I was irked at the end with him because I hate misconceptions and miscommunications in stories.
I'm sure many of you have seen the movie. I have also, and way before reading the book. I only purchased the book mainly for my son, Gage, although I was always curious about it myself. It follows the movie faithfully at first, but then twists off in completely different directions.
I think perhaps the movie invented many scenes, and took others from novels that are farther down in the series. Since it did not include what's in the second and third book, I'm not really sure. The movie was good, fun for kids, but the book is much better with a richer world. Ended up slapping on a four star rating for the weak beginning, which was a slight struggle to continue with, the awkwardness as Shan started out with the writing style, and some of the inconsistencies.
However, this one ended up being an addiction to be consumed the farther I went, the more I had, and it also ended with a pretty hefty cliffhanger. It's good I had the second ready and rearing to go! Oct 20, Tokio Myers rated it liked it Shelves: ownedbooks , horror-thriller , fantasy-read. The first Cirque Du Freak book is a nice read that really pumped me up for Halloween. That being said it does have faults one of which is maybe I'm a bit out of the age range for this book.
I believe everybody should be able to read children books of all ages and not be judge, but for this series I found myself thinking how I'm not the target audience which makes me feel really old. There is some good things of course.
For once we have a main character whose family life isn't messed up or not there. In fact Darran Shan the main character comes from a really good home life and actually loves his family including his youngest sister.
He is as normal as they come, other then having a obsession over spiders, it's refreshing to see a normal kid with a normal life in a middle grade book. Of course everything goes to hell for him halfway through but whatever.
Oct 19, Rachel Bea rated it really liked it Shelves: horror , horror-i-read-in , fall-into-reading , books-of Even though this series is obviously meant for young people, I currently age 32 found many aspects of this book to be enjoyable and entertaining. It was really dark -- I was honestly surprised at how dark it went considering it IS for young adults. There were a couple of moments where I laughed out loud, too. I am definitely going to read the rest of the series because I'm curious to see where the plot goes.
Interesting first book. I have seen these on the shelves in the library since I was a teenager so of course I thought it finally time to read them. Very action packed always moving and doing something. I might have to see where this all leads to. He died believing he had killed the Lord of the Vampaneze, but in reality he had only killed an imposter; the real Lord was Steve himself.
A theme of Vampire Mountain would be friendship. It is similar to The Perks of Being a Wallflower. In The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Charlie makes two friends who he thought were funny, and he connected to. In Vampire Mountain, Darren found two friends as well.
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