-I had stopped reading the Skulduggery Pleasant books for a while last year after the eighth, as they were too dark with too much gratuitous violence and not enough plot and interesting things
- I decided to try this one, and it was quite a bit better
-it seemed there was more plot and more interesting stuff happened and there was less violence for the sake of it, which got boring, it was also less depressing
-I liked Valkyrie trying to receive her sisters soul the best I think it was more varied
-Omen was also interesting, so was the school
- the characters all seem more realistic in this, although not completely so they seem a lot more like actual people,
-they don't completely, but that it the style, it is meant to be like that
-the effect of everything on Valkyrie was shown well
-a lot of things for example representation and diversity in these books often seem done half good and half bad
-there are also often other dubious things
-I enjoyed this book enough that I am intereresred in reading more of the others ( )

-I had stopped reading the Skulduggery Pleasant books for a while last year after the eighth, as they were too dark with too much gratuitous violence and not enough plot and interesting things
- I decided to try this one, and it was quite a bit better
-it seemed there was more plot and more interesting stuff happened and there was less violence for the sake of it, which got boring, it was also less depressing
-I liked Valkyrie trying to receive her sisters soul the best I think it was more varied
-Omen was also interesting, so was the school
- the characters all seem more realistic in this, although not completely so they seem a lot more like actual people,
-they don't completely, but that it the style, it is meant to be like that
-the effect of everything on Valkyrie was shown well
There was lgbtq representation, done decently
-representation and diversity in these books often seem half good and half bad
-there are also often other dubious things
-this probably wasn't intentional but there was a character who was mentioned in about one line and was not important at all who was probably aroace, and another time a character expressed views that were basically typical aphobia you see complained about on the internet, although she was a villain she was a sympathetic one, I don't know I found it interesting
-I enjoyed this book enough that I am intereresred in reading more of the others ( )

Im suffering ( )

In the 12th book of Skulduggery Pleasant Valkyrie goes on a quest to help her sister when suddenly Abyssinia reserfaces to carry out her grand plan. She ends up failing when Skulduggery and Valkyrie come to save the day, initially....

I love Derek Landy's perspective on the book and I love his style in the sensethat there is always a twist at every corner and how he puts his characters in a way that makes the scene go from really serious to very funny. That always puts a fun take on things.

I would recommend this book to 12-15 year olds and I think Derek Landy could add some extra detail to make sure that the scene is clear to read ( )