Soooo scary.
Darren Shan's Bec scared the pants off of me, and as no stranger to danger himself, I'm sure that's what would appeal to Harry about this book. I mean, how easy would it be to imagine demons making their home in Gryffindor? What about feeling like he's battling some demons in his own right, because he who shall not be named is quite, well, evil, isn't he? So there's a lot Mr. Potter might find he can relate to in Darren Shan's The Demonata series.
In this particular book, Shan tells the story of a young priestess named Bec who lives in the time where the Picts and the Celts roamed the plains of the UK. The novel introduces some familiar characters (Lord Loss and his two minions, Artery and Vein) while showing that the history of demons on earth didn't just start with the 20th century. As a small group leaves the comfort of their homes to find a way to either stop the demon attacks, Bec finds herself on a journey that will either save society as she knows it or destroy it forever. Oh, and in the process, she'll discover a lot about herself (she's an orphan, just like a certain wizard we know) as well as find powers she didn't even know she possessed.
It's a really engaging read, told in Shan's stream of consciousness style, and while it frightened the pants off of me, I also felt that Bec herself was a character I wanted to know more about. So, please, Mr. Shan, more!
Bec roams the plains of IRELAND! Not the UK!!! God, I hate it when people confuse the 2 countries!
Posted by: Sean | November 01, 2009 at 01:09 PM