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THE DAILY
TELEGRAPH
- reviewed by
Sarah Crompton |
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[*This is part
of a longer
review feature
of fantasy and
horror books.
The first book
reviewed was
"Eldest" by
Christopher
Paolini. The
reviewer, Sarah
Crompton, also
gave the book to
9 year old
Arthur Morgan,
to get his views
on it. He liked
it, she didn't.
Next up was
"Lord Loss" ...]
[The] trouble
with [fantasy]
epics [is that]
you have to
enter their
imaginative
universes with
enthusiasm or
they seem simply
tiring, and the
appeal of any
individual
volume depends
entirely on how
enticing that
world is. In
this context,
Arthur was
forced to admit
that his true
current passion
is the vampire
author Darren
Shan, who has
just launched a
new horror
series with the
chilling "Lord
Loss". This tale
of the
attractively
named Grubbs
Grady, whose
parents and
sister are
slaughtered in
grisly detail by
the evil demon
of the title, is
full of blood
and gore. But it
also has a
satisfyingly
twisting plot
and a fresh,
knowing style
that makes it a
gripping read. |
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