Cirque Du Freak: Saga of Darren Shan: A Living Nightmare (Series #01) (Paperback)

from miyurose

This is a YA story, so it's not going to be the vampire horror story you expect. There's no vampire lust and limited blood here. Darren is a young boy who does young boy things... he plays soccer at lunch-time, he gets into trouble with his best friend, he covets a pet more than anything else... ...

from benuathanasia

A very good read and a ridiculously quick one, as well. Good plot, realistic characters (no caractures or type-casts), and good imagery well-balanced with normal dialogue (no freakish adult-like dialogue for the children, but not overly simplified either...aside from Annie who seems unrealistical...

from Carol420

This was an unbelievably fun book. It has been compared to Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes and Stephen King's Salem's Lot...both of which are on my all-time favorite, "read over and over again" list. The book is classed as YA (middle school kids will love it)...however it's story i...

from Elphaba71

It all Started on a Toilet!!! So begins the Saga of Darren Shan. Brilliant book, A real page turner, I read this in less than a day, unable to put it down. A dark, witty story that gets quite grusome! Can't remember Teen/young adult books being like this when I was in that age bracket!!

from avhacker

Cirque du Freak is very good book that continues into a gtreat series of a young boy's coming of age tale with a vampiric twist. Darren Shan is a 12 year old boy who lives a pretty normal life has a best friends named Steve and a loving father sister and mother. Everything is going well.Until the...