Cirque Du Freak #9: Killers of the Dawn: Book 9 in the Saga of Darren Shan (Cirque Du Freak: the Saga of Darren Shan (Mass Market))

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Darren, Larten e Vancha si sono scontrati coi Vampaneze e il loro Signore. Sono riusciti a mettersi al sicuro per un pelo, e hanno rapito Steve, ex-migliore amico di Darren e mezzo-Vampaneze. Ora sono ricerati non solo dai loro cugini della Notte, ma anche dalla polizia, che li crede autori degli omicidi perpetrati dai loro nemici.
Devono restare nell'ombra, e aspettare la loro occasione per tornare dai Vampaneze e uccidere il loro Signore una volta per tutte.

Questo libro riprende da dove si era chiuso quello precedente, ovvero in una brutta situazione per i nostri tre Vampiri.
È come se questi dodici volumi siano, in realtà, un'inico libro. Da quello che ho capito è stato qualcosa di voluto dall'autore, e show more sinceramente non mi lamento: in questo modo posso leggerli tutti di fila e ricordarmi la storia.
Devo dire che tra quelli che ho letto fino a ora, questo nono libro è il più violento, anche se è una serie per ragazzi: si capisce davvero che c'è una guerra di mezzo.
Non parliamo poi delle ultime pagine. Le ho lette in treno e mi sono messa a piangere... Sì, questo è anche uno dei volumi che mi ha presa di più. Non solo per la storia, che è molto legata alle azioni dei personaggi, ma per una morte in particolare che non voglio spoilerare. Le ultime parole di quel personaggio sono piuttosto importanti, e credo ritorneranno nei prossimi volumi.

In questo volume seguiamo sì Larten, Darren e Vancha, ma anche altri personaggi, in particolare Gannen e Steve.
Steve è uno stronzo, e mi rifiuto di dire altrimenti. L'ho trovato rompi balle. Fissato con qualcosa che lui ha travisato nella sua mente in modo errato, rifiuta di vedere la verità. Mi ricorda certi miei parenti.
Gannen... Non so ancora cosa pensare. Sembra rispettabile, ma per ora mi tengo a distanza. Vorrei più interazioni con suo fratello Vancha, e magari una riappacificazione. Ma non voglio sperare in vano, ecco.
Un altro personaggio che ha molto spazio è RV, che mi ricorda sempre di più di Murlough, un personaggio incontrato nel terzo volume. Pazzi uguali, quasi lo stesso personaggio! RV mi è sembrato piuttosto inquietante la prima volta che è comparso nella storia: mi dava i brividi, era inquietante. Non un' "anima buona", secondo me.
Alice è un personaggio forte, che mi piace molto. Da quello che so avrebbe dovuto mettersi con Debbie, ma la cosa non è accaduta per via dell'editore. Peccato.
Debbie mi era piaciuta quando l'abbiamo incontrata la prima volta. Ma ora mi sembra totalmente diversa. E molto più fifona. È un personaggio che non mi piace più.

Questo libro mi è piaciuto moltissimo: è pieno di azione, quasi senza attimi di tregua, e quello che è successo ha lasciato un segno nel mio cuore.
Ovviamente, è in inglese come gli altri, ed è un inglese abbastanza semplice d comprendere. Ma, se lo volete in italiano, ci sono le biblioteche! show less

So....ridiculously.....sad. The ending of this book packs a wallop of emotional punch. So....sad. The books won't be quite the same now (again, SO SAD.)

The way it went down, though? Brilliant, epic in scope.

All the three hunters have grown on me more. The assistance of two humans was a fun touch as they added to the storyline.

The twist turned my head around at the end, making me circle around previous assumptions that actually have turned out true. Red herring alert that was massacred. Such a brutal ending to bring this book to a darker level, as some of the others have been, but not all, making it a fantastic young adult book that can be enjoyed by all ages.

Such a bitter feeling with a certain turnout, especially considering how show more more bitter it is since the author slipped in a sweet chapter in the middle that gave false hope. Almost mean to do but this only emphasized the tragedy much more and was a brilliant, unusual move; I applaud.

Again intense in action, firm with pacing, characters hold up strong and become more likeable (in some cases before they meet tragic fates.) The world only continues to become more complex and layered.

Shan definitely has a talent with writing emotionally wrenching, tragic scenes. Ugh. Second time in a row with this series that I’ve sobbed as a child would. show less

I didn't think it possible, But The Saga of Darren Shan just keeps getting better! I read the Killers of the Dawn this afternoon, I just couldn't put it down. Darren Shan writes a brilliant story with some real evil twists, just when you think you have figured out how the plot is going, it twists completely round again. It's real gripping, Nail biting stuff leaving you wanting more, more, more!!

The vampires continue to fight the ongoing war with the vampeneze, the War of the Scars as it is to be known. The vampaneze are an evil race of vampires who broke off from the Council hundreds of years ago and don't follow any of the vampire's rules of conduct; in particular, they have no respect for human lives.

As prophesied by Mr. Tiny, the three vampire hunters—Darren, Mr. Crepsley, and Vancha March—must defeat the Lord of the Vampeneze in one of four potential encounters. The fate of the entire vampire race depends on the outcome of this war; for if they do not manage to kill the Vampeneze Lord, then the vampires will perish, and the vampenze will rule.

The hunters, along with Little Person Harkat Mulds, have already let the show more Lord of the Vampenze slip through their hands once. So now they have only three more chances to defeat him. Unfortunately for Darren and the hunters, they don't even know the true identity of the Vampaneze Lord, and they have no idea what he looks like either, so their task is quite difficult! There's also several surprises and a few sad endings in store in this one....

Killers of the Dawn picks up right where the previous book, Allies of the Night, left off. With this series, there's sometimes be a little break in action between books; but at other times, you're left at a cliffhanger and the next book picks up right where the previous one left off, often at the very same scene. The latter has been the case with the last few books.

Like all the previous books, I really enjoyed this one too. It was quick and action-packed. Plus there's some really neat revelations beginning to come out! *shhh* LOL I really wanted to start on the tenth book, The Lake of Souls, right after I finished this, but for a change, there actually seemed to be a bit of a break at the end. So instead, I'm holding off while I catch up on some other reading, and then plan to finish the series with books ten through twelve all in one fell swoop, since I do have the remaining three waiting on Mt. TBR. :) show less

Wow! The hooks are in deep... I was unable to stop reading this nail-biter! How can an author make me care so much about a half-vampire prince and his friends so much? I can't wait to read the last three books (and the Larten Crepsley prequels).

The series recovered from the last book and was interesting again but at what cost :(

When you think of vampire stories, Killers of dawn by Darren Shan would pop up in your mind. But it is also horror and action would be there. This is the story I chose for my horror genre in class.
The Killers of Dawn is based on a group of vampires who are trying to track down a deadly group of vampires known as the Vampaneze. This book opens on a string of murders in a American town who are killing innocent people. But that isn’t the only problem he is facing, he has to go to school, with a lot of homework he is getting very little sleep and has no energy to search for the Vampaneze. After I finished reading this story I feel as if I am in Darren’s shoes. As these mysterious clues come together the vampires realize that the new show more clues fit the old clues the story changes from mysterious to suspense/supernatural horror. This book will keep the readers at the edge of their seat; near the end of the story the readers would not be able to put the book down and stop reading.I recommend this book to Darren Shan fans and to people aged 11 and above, this way it is better because they have an understanding of the story with a good imagination and because there is some blood which could scare some readers. show less