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THE
INDEPENDENT, UK -
reviewed by
Amanda Craig |
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[this is a
review of the
"Lord Loss"
Audio Book CD] |
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Darren Shan's
Lord Loss
(HarperCollins
�14.99, read by
Rupert Degas)
will open up the
pit of hell.
This is a very,
very scary book
- don't let kids
under 13 read or
listen to it, it
really will
freak them out.
Our narrator,
Grubbs Grady,
seems to be just
another stroppy
teenager,
moaning about
his mum, his
sneaky older
sister and being
punished for
smoking. But why
are his family
obsessed by
chess, and why
is he sent away
one night? He
finds out when
he sneaks home
to find them
horrifically
eviscerated by
the demons of
Lord Loss, who
has a pact with
his family to
play chess for
their souls. You
don't need the
creepy drum
effects, the
female voices
wailing and the
usual deep
echoing Satanic
voice to have
your hair
standing on end.
Shan's talent
for imagining
what could
scuttle out of
Hell - a baby
with mouths on
its hands, a
scalp crawling
with cockroaches
and a heart
filled with
snakes - and
then making it
fiendishly funny
is dazzling. For
kids who want a
different kind
of nightmare
before, during
and after
Christmas, this
is the one to
keep them
spellbound.
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