the best book ever a living nightmare

the dark life of Darren Shan

second quarter outside reading book activity

a living nightmare

written by darren shean

published in 2000

genre: fiction

My book is about a young boy and his friend who go to a freak show in an abandoned theatre. They meet a strange man that they find out isn't human. He’s a vampire and darren wants his sider. Darren has an obsession with spiders and he has always wanted another one. he leaves a note saying not to look for him and that the spider is now his. Later on Mr. Crepsley finds him and Darren pays the price of theft from a vampire.

“compelling… A plot full of twists which leave the reader hungry for more.”  -j.k rowling

the writing style is dark and mysterious. The book has many turns and surprises but also can be very predictable. Many things are left out until later making it almost impossible to process (in a good way) and makes the reader very curious.

“it must be from all the horror movies i watched as a kid” (said by darren pg 407) This quote shows the writing of style of the author is dark.

I read this book because as a kid my mom tried to get me to read it and i wasn’t willing to until i was older but when i did i fell in love with it.