Any Darren Shan Fans Here?
By freak369
@freak369 (5113)
United States
January 29, 2007 7:07pm CST
Darren Shan is a teen fiction author but his Cirque Du Freak series really impressed me. The last book in the series, Sons of Destiny, was a nice wrap up but I'm not too sure about the Demonata series. It seems a little cluttered and hard to follow at times, maybe I am just too used to the Cirque Du Freak series.
If you are into vampire fiction, the Cirque series is a nice read. It is listed as teen fiction but I found it well written and tearing through the books in a couple of hours.
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8 responses
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I adore all of Darren Shan's books so far..though Cirque Du Freak will probably always be my favorite.
If it's possible I think the Demonata series may be darker than the Cirque Du Freak was. I'm not sure though..there've only been two books so far..so I dunno heh.
Sons of Destiny was a nice last book for the series..it was a clssic opt out of just ending the events period and leaving the readers theorizing about what could've happened next.
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@freak369 (5113)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I really think that he will pick up the series in a couple of years. Evanna is going to have twins .. or triplets .. that opens the door to a lot more plots.
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
30 Jan 07
Writers don't -tend- to have a habit of picking up series' they've previously ended..but we can hope, it does happen occasionally ^_^ it'd be very interesting to see which direction things would head with Evanna's children thrown into the mix.
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@ScotsFerret (375)
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4 Feb 07
I have read the Darren Shan Saga and thoroughly enjoyed it, I was about half way through the series before I found out that it came under the heading 'Young Adult'.
While I was reading them my 12 year old daughter was asking questions all the time so I told her that she could read them when I was finished, she has since read them at least three times start to finish. We haven't read any of the Demonata series yet, I am planning on waiting until there are a few more out as I hate reading a book then having to wait for what seems like ages before reading the next.
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@freak369 (5113)
• United States
4 Feb 07
The ones in the Demonata series are coming out faster than I thought. So far four of them have come out but I have only been able to get two of them so far. I got lucky with the Cirque series; when I discovered it there were only two or three books left to go in it so I managed to get the earlier ones at the library.
@myaccount (235)
• United States
13 Mar 07
cirque du freak will always be my favorite because i have read almost all of them except the last. i am dying mentally to read the last one. i also want to read the demonata series because i heard its good and its written by shan too. go to darrenshan.com if you want, it has a forum and stuff.
@Shareaza (315)
• Sweden
19 Jul 07
Im a huge Darren Shan fan, i started out with the cirque du freak and got hooked. I think The Demonata series are better though. My favorite Darren Shan book would probably be Demon Thief..or maybe Slawter..no, Bec...actually, i dont know, i cant decide, they'r all so good :)
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@mysticdragon999 (112)
• United States
20 Mar 09
I read Demonata before I found out about Cirque Du Freak.I read that series right after Demon Thief.I like Demonata a whole lot better.
But like you said about Cirque Du Freak,I think it's just cause I'm used to Demonata more.
@moneymakerteen (87)
• United States
31 Jan 11
I am a major fan! I love all the books. I'm suprized that people don't even know who he is. He is my role model. After I read his books it made me wanna write to. The first time i read the books was in the 8th grade All my classmates saw a change in the way i read, because I finnally found somthing I really loved. I would recomend this author to anyone.
@chibimira (10)
• Indonesia
11 May 07
darren shan is my favourite book,,,,
it is so good,,,make me not so afraid to vampire anymore,,,and from this book i know that not all vampire is bad,,,,there is good vampire too,,,like darren and mr.crepsley,,,this book really magic!!!
@kayteelou (45)
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16 May 08
I haven't finished the series yet :O
although I have all the books and will hopefully get through them quickly.
I've got one of the Demonata series too, that I havn't read. Are they any good??
