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Skulduggery Pleasant: The End of the World Paperback – January 1, 2012

by Derek Landy (Author)
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    January 1, 2012
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    4.37 x 0.59 x 7.01 inches
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    0007458207
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ n/a; World Book Day ed edition (January 1, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0007458207
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007458202
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.57 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.37 x 0.59 x 7.01 inches
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Derek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. "I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave," he says, "or she would be if she were dead."

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Pop Bop
5.0 out of 5 stars A Tasty Skulduggery Appetizer
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2018
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World Book Day was organized by UNESCO and first celebrated in the United Kingdom in 1998. Since 2007 the event has been celebrated each year with the publication of 10 specially produced books. Each school age child in the Kingdom is given a token good for purchase of any one book. In 2018 over 15 million tokens were distributed. Many of the books are contributed by well known authors, and they often take the form of one-off novellas that spring from otherwise established series. That's what this is, (from 2012).

There are now ten Skulduggery Pleasant books, with more promised. This novella is set in the timeline between books six and seven. It refers to characters and events from the series, but is not part of the series. It features Valkyrie and Skullduggery, but in a purely stand alone story arc.

The novelty here is that the story is told more or less from the point of view of Ryan, the fifteen year old about whom the story revolves. Not to give too much away, but Ryan has something the eeevil villains want, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie are resolved to protect Ryan and foil the bad guys. The tale is pretty twisty for being so short.

The book has all of the snappy patter, deadpan Skulduggery, sassy/sulky Valkyrie, and understated humorous narration that fans have come to know and love during the course of reading the Skulduggery series. Witty throwaway lines, clever plot twists, and of course a planet destroying doomsday machine round out the tale. (As a special treat the endpapers include deleted scenes from the first Skulduggery book, and they show that the Valkyrie character could have gone in a much different direction had they been retained.)

This isn't terribly intense and it doesn't advance any arc or sub plot from the series, or offer any character development. But, it is a wonderful introduction to the characters and a great sort of Skulduggery sampler or taster for those unfamiliar with the series. For those impatient for the next book it serves as a tempting treat to quiet the appetite for a few more months. And it will fit in your pocket.
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Vicki B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Skulduggery Pleasant: The End of the World
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013
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Though I can't speak for this book personally, I have been assured that my 10-year-old nephew, who keeps up with this series, loved this book, and he is an avid reader who follows many different authors and styles. This series in particular is a favorite of his, and he started it out by having checked out a collection of recorded CDs of it out of the local library, so if people are trying to get young students interested in reading, there's that option as well, if Amazon.com regularly carries the CDs to it. The book constructs a whole world, and young readers don't mind, apparently, reading the story for themselves after already having heard the tape, just as adults would go back and forth between a movie and a book to see which they prefer. For myself, I can report that I was able to tolerate the fantasy-style fiction set in the contemporary world which this series contains, on the occasions when my nephew insisted on playing the CDs and reading aloud from the book. That is not always the case with youth fiction, which sometimes can be too cutesy even for the youngsters to enjoy. But this series is one of his favorites. 'Nuff said.
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Kribu
4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of fun but not quite comparable to the novels
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2012
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"Skulduggery Pleasant: The End of the World" is a 15,000 word novelette/novella written especially for the 2012 World Book Day event. As such, it's not a full novel, or a part of the overall series arc, nor does it pretend to be either. It's more comparable to the extra short stories that have appeared in the mass market paperback editions of the first five novels in the series.

There are several reasons why short stories set in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe are not, for me anyway, quite as satisfying as the novels - I like the jokes and the magic and all that, but what makes me a fan of the series is the overall series arc and the character development, and the short stories are naturally limited as far as both of those things go.

So if you approach "The End of the World" with high expectations, expecting it to follow on from the events of "Death Bringer", without keeping in mind the natural limitations of the shorter format, you might well end up being a bit disappointed. On the other hand, if you approach it as just an extra story set in the familiar universe, it's much more likely to deliver a satisfying experience. It's a *fun* story. Not deep, nothing to do with the series arc, and while it obviously takes place after "Death Bringer", it's very clearly designed to be read by anyone, including people with no prior familiarity with the series (being part of the World Book Day selection, it's quite likely that it will be picked up by people who haven't read the series).

It's exactly as an introduction to the series that I think it works best. We get the story from the point of view of 15-year-old Ryan, a brand new character, who knows nothing about magic or Valkyrie or Skulduggery, so the readers get introduced to those concepts and characters via his eyes. There is the trademark series humour, there is fighting, there is magic - if the new reader likes this book, he or she will likely enjoy the series. (And vice versa; although the series itself is much deeper, much more multi-layered, much more fascinating and with characters who are really much more rounded and interesting than a short story can show, if the humour and general feeling isn't appealing, then the series probably wouldn't work well either.)

All in all, I was happy with it and enjoyed "The End of the World" very much. Is it as good as the novels? No. Is it my favourite of the extra short stories? I'm not sure it's even that. But it was a fun little story set in a universe I love, and I appreciated the chance of getting a glimpse of Skulduggery and Valkyrie going about their daily business, and having a an extra little adventure to tide me over until the release of the seventh book.
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Kat
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2014
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Another great book by Derek Landy! Valkyrie and Skulduggery finish another mystery in this short story, trying to stop a group o sorcerers from destroying the world(again). A quick read, great for on-the-go and with a bonus short story at the end set in Australia!
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TicaChica03
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2014
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My 12 year old daughter loves this series and I have to say I laugh out loud just as much.

Clever, witty, full of action, mystery and magic. We have the complete series and love it.
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Joshua
5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE IT
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013
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I read it every day very spoky and spooktacular very good for 9 to 11 year olds I just love love the book
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crumpet
5.0 out of 5 stars good book
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2013
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i thought it was a pretty good book and i wasn't disapponted after the long wait. Also love the series.
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Rob
5.0 out of 5 stars My sons favorite books scullduggery collection
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2013
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I asked my son the scullduggery collection is the best he has read . He is sutch a fan of the books
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Greta R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in Germany on August 30, 2016
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Great book would recommend the whole set to everyone/anyone
Picked up my first book skulduggery in a second hand shop and then went and bough all the others
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Jon M
5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to the series
Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2013
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This was a great supplement to the main SD series. It was interesting to see our leads from a different point of view, and Landy manages to tell a full, satisfying story in a small space, with all the interesting magic, action and humour you would expect. And you can't beat the price!
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Barmy_Bex
5.0 out of 5 stars EPIC as usual
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2012
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This is a novella, there is a scheme in the UK and Ireland where children are provided with a £1 book token which can be exchanged for a specially released short book. If you want to know more check out the website here.
I found out months ago that Derek Landy was writing a short story as part of this scheme and I literally screamed. So exciting. This is one of my all time favourite series, I have met Landy twice and Skulduggery Pleasant is just EPIC!
I couldn't wait for book day, plus I'm too old to receive a voucher (though we do get them at the library to hand out), but I saw this on amazon with early release and even better it was only 80p so I ordered it. It arrived yesterday and I read it in about 40 minutes tops. I was of course laughing out loud throughout, Skulduggery and Valkyrie still have their witty rapport and verbal jibes with one another and their enemies.
Ryan craves adventure, but when he gets mixed up in a plan to end the world he has to rely on Skulduggery and Valkyrie to get him out of it and stop the bad guys before they cause a massive explosion and destroy the world.
If you love Skulduggery, this is a perfect addition to your collection, and if you don't love Skulduggery, what's the matter with you? seriously, are you ill? and if you haven't heard of the series, check it out immediately - you won't regret it.
I now can't wait until September for book 7 to come out. So far away, I don't know what I will do until then.
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Fiction Fan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2017
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Excellent!
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Otto
5.0 out of 5 stars Unglaublich!!!
Reviewed in Germany on April 15, 2014
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Habe das Buch trotz englischer Sprache ruck-zwei-fix durchgelesen und ohne ein Fremdsprachen-Genie zu sein alles verstanden. Die Story ist absolut cool und macht gut mit den neuen Bösewichten bekannt.
Kann ich nur jedem Skulduggery-Fan empfehlen.
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