Ron #4 - Skulduggery Pleasant

So how would you feel if your favourite uncle suddenly dies and then leaves you, well, everything? I mean, it’s sad that he’s died, and obviously tragic, but kind of cool to be twelve years old and own an entire house! Well, that’s the position that Stephanie finds herself in when her uncle Gordon dies and leaves her his giant mansion. While alive, her uncle was a writer, and found himself involved with all sorts of interesting characters, including a very mysterious stranger who shows up both at his funeral and the reading of his will.

Spectacularly dressed in a top-notch suit with an awesome hat atop his (for lack of a better word) head, Skulduggery Pleasant introduces himself to Stephanie as a detective. But Skulduggery's not just any kind of detective. Oh no, he's part of a whole magical world that Stephanie finds herself smack in the middle of when it’s discovered there may have been other forces at work in terms of her uncle’s untimely death.

And as Stephanie discovers, Skulduggery is even more than a detective: he’s a skeleton! That’s right, he’s a walking, talking, fire-throwing magical skeleton who, through the course of the book, allows Stephanie to become his partner.  And what a ride it is.  As they battle vampires (scary!) and Hollow Men (even scarier) to fight off an evil that might even make Ron quake in his boots, Stephanie comes to understand a lot more about not only herself, but her family as well.

Why would Ron like Derek Landy’s Skulduggery Pleasant?  For many reasons, I think.  For one, he might have a kick-ass crush on Stephanie: she’s talented, smart and funny. Also, he might enjoy thinking about inheriting a house where he’d be all by himself, no Ginny, no pesky brothers, and no parents sending embarrassing packages via owl. But best of all, with Ron already being familiar with the world of magic, the idea of a skeletal detective might not be all that shocking in his world.  I’m sure he’d pal around with the likes of Skulduggery Pleasant himself.

And why don't you see for yourself what you think of Skulduggery Pleasant. Read a chapter here.

Comments

[billyo]

i think Ron would read Skullduggery Pleasent because it is funny and his type of book which is proven in the books and movies. He might also like books with comedic fantasy like Barry Boyhound.

[John Dent aka Bookie Monster]

Excellent. I loved Skulduggery Pleasant too! :)