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Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak, #1)
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This book was totally awesome. At first I thought that this book would be boring, but then the main character, Darren Shan and his friend Steve went to a freak show called, "Cirque Du Freak..." I was totally psyched to get into this book! When they went to the freak show it took me by surprise. To be honest I was a little bit scared. The plot about this book is really cool. It all begins with two best friends that live in London, United Kingdom. Darren Shan is the main character and his best friend is Steve Leonard "Leopard".
That is where the suspense kicked in. All of a sudden there friend Allen comes running up to them and starts talking about how his older brother found a flyer about a freak show. I was so into the book that in my head I was right there with them when to their surprise he pulls out the flyer... There was white with black letters across it saying “Cirque Du Freak.� It was greasy and it smelled gross. It said when and where to get the tickets. From here the suspense started growing fast!
So Steve and Darren went to the freak show. The characters made my imagination really work to make this scene real in my mind. There were so many cool but freaky acts, like Wolf Boy and Hans Hands. One of the coolest acts was Mr.Crepsley and the biggest spider in the world, Madam Octa. Darren was so shocked about how big she was, he couldn’t take his eyes off her. Steve on the other hand well, he couldn’t take his eyes off of Mr.Crepsley.
This is where the biggest plot twist happened. At the end of the show Steve told Darren to go and he would catch up with him. But Darren didn't listen and he went up onto the balcony where nobody could see him. Then he saw Steve in the middle of the stage looking for someone. All of a sudden Mr.Crepsley walks up behind him then Steve asks to become a VAMPIRE! I couldn’t stop reading at this point because of these crazy twists.
The ending is the most unsuspected part of the story. While we expected Steve to kill Darren, along with Mr.Crepsly, more twists at the end of this book leave us wanting to know the rest of the story. Clearly there are more books to read! I can’t wait!
That is where the suspense kicked in. All of a sudden there friend Allen comes running up to them and starts talking about how his older brother found a flyer about a freak show. I was so into the book that in my head I was right there with them when to their surprise he pulls out the flyer... There was white with black letters across it saying “Cirque Du Freak.� It was greasy and it smelled gross. It said when and where to get the tickets. From here the suspense started growing fast!
So Steve and Darren went to the freak show. The characters made my imagination really work to make this scene real in my mind. There were so many cool but freaky acts, like Wolf Boy and Hans Hands. One of the coolest acts was Mr.Crepsley and the biggest spider in the world, Madam Octa. Darren was so shocked about how big she was, he couldn’t take his eyes off her. Steve on the other hand well, he couldn’t take his eyes off of Mr.Crepsley.
This is where the biggest plot twist happened. At the end of the show Steve told Darren to go and he would catch up with him. But Darren didn't listen and he went up onto the balcony where nobody could see him. Then he saw Steve in the middle of the stage looking for someone. All of a sudden Mr.Crepsley walks up behind him then Steve asks to become a VAMPIRE! I couldn’t stop reading at this point because of these crazy twists.
The ending is the most unsuspected part of the story. While we expected Steve to kill Darren, along with Mr.Crepsly, more twists at the end of this book leave us wanting to know the rest of the story. Clearly there are more books to read! I can’t wait!
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