Absolutamente ame a Mr. Tiny cuando descubrí cuán cruel y malvado es realmente, la forma en que hace lo que quiere sin consecuencias y no le importa cuántas vidas arruina solo para mantenerse entretenido.
Ademas me gusto cuanto protagonismo tomo Evanna en este libro.
Fue genial la forma en que termina la historia, especialmente después de las referencias a la aversión de Mr. Tiny a la literatura.

This is a brilliant ending to the series – somewhat heart-breaking in places, but brilliant nonetheless.

Everything is brought about in this ending, every single question answered. Even though it is the last book there are still twists thrown in to keep the reader on the edge of their seat, sitting with their mouth hanging open as things click together in their mind. The ending itself is beautifully tragic, in a way that you will either love it or you will have hoped for something more. Personally, I liked the way it ended but I know that not everyone did.

Yeah the Cirque du Freak ends here. I had so much fun reading this series. Twelve books. Almost two years of reading, one every two months more or less. This is a middle-grade series that deserve to be more talk about even if its dated a bit. It has everything I love in children literature. Great characters, action, good plot and twists, which, I mean is also what I like in adult books. I just feel like too often the action, the horror and even the violence is often hide or not present at all. But children can take some, that won't traumatize them and that could even bring them into reading more for some. I'm not saying we should get bloody and gory all over, but a small dose, when it serves the story is totally fine and acceptable. I also like the way the author wrap it up, end it all with this one, it was a nice way to do so. I loved it and now I want to discover more from this author (I know he has written a bunch of series on various names, both children and adult books, just got to think and pick one up).

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Siamo agli atti finali. La battaglia tra Steve e Darren è alle porte, e deciderà tutto. Il destino della guerra. Il destino dei Vampiri e dei Vampaneze. E il destino di Darren.

Sono ancora estremamente di stato di shock. Non so quanto senso farà questa recensione, ma cercherò di essere più chiara possibile.
Il mondo di Darren mi ha accompagnata per ben dodici libri, in cui mi sono legata a vari personaggi e nella cui storia mi sono persa. Grazie a questi libri, poi, ho conosciuto varie persone che ritengo amici.
Questo ultimo libro, penso, è stato uno dei migliori che ho letto quest'anno. Non voglio fare spoiler, quindi non dirò perché esattamente. Voglio solo dire che ci sono parecchi plot twist e sorprese che non mi aspettavo. E si vede che è una saga pianificata con cura.

In questi ultimi libri abbiamo visto Darren discendere verso la versione più "cattiva" di sé, anche se il mezzo vampiro cerca di evitarlo. Lo abbiamo visto prendere decisioni molti difficili. Ma è qui, in questo ultimo volume, che vediamo davvero quanto è simile a Steve, e quanto è diverso. Darren è un personaggio complesso, che cerca di fare del bene quasi non accorgendosi del male che fa.
E Steve... Be', si è buttato così a capofitto nella sua voglia di vendetta che ormai essa è una parte integrante di quello che è. Un po' mi fa pietà, proprio per alcune delle cose che scopriamo in questo libro, ma alla fine mi rendo conto che anche lui aveva delle scelte da fare. E ha scelto quelle più terribili.
Anche altri personaggi devono fare delle scelte, non facili e assolutamente rischiose.
Penso a Evanna, che ho odiato nei libri precedenti e che in questo libro ho perdonato. Penso a Evra, a Debbie, ad Alice.
penso ai personaggi che non sono arrivati alla fine.

Ci sono così tante sfaccettature, così tante cose da dire, eppure mi ritrovo senza parole. Cirque du Freak è una di quelle saghe che ti cambiano la vita. Almeno per me. È una saga che sta con te per molto tempo, e mi dispiace lasciarla. Lasciare personaggi che hanno trovato un posto dentro di me, in un modo o nell'altro. Quando ho letto l'ultima pagina mi veniva da piangere.

Come sempre, il libro è ben scritto, e penso che quest'ultimo sia uno dei volumi migliori della Saga.
Se volete dei bei libri da far leggere ai vostri figli, o da leggere voi stessi, questi sono più che adatti. Davvero.

I hate this series in the best way possible. I read this back in 7th grade and it ruined my little brain and re reading it, I remember how much this ending infuriated me. Oh well. 5 stars.

I read this series as a teenager, along with a friend, and we loved the series books 1 -11, as in we could not devour those books fast enough and it formed the main topic of conversation for a good amount of time.

Then this book came out, the end to a wonderful series and we felt like we had been tricked. We were so invested in the story and the characters and then this was how Shan decided to end the series! 10 years later I am still angry!

3.5 Stars

A finale that ends up being depressing and cheerful at the same time. A beautiful ending that somehow seems hollow but ultimately stays imaginative in its twists and creative in its results. Darren Shan's character being named after the author is fully revealed and makes ironic sense in a warped humor. I think the hollowness is the feeling of so many lives touched that, in the presence and the reality, don't know what they're missing anymore since the events were so changed. But it was a respite to see Darren's end and how all worlds and all lives must come together anyway, so it's good after all. Again, depressing and sad - but cheerful and peaceful in a way too. I would another paragraph or two would have been added to show more of a reunion I wanted, but the magic of mystery stays strong by keeping it short.

There's plenty of action in this one; again the pacing is non-stop and the book easy to breeze through. There's a lot of tragedy and loss, in the ending as well, but the book ends in such a creative way you can't help but admire the plot structure. The fights are brutal and drawn out but not overbearing, and even the worst of the villains become more three-dimensional as they show more sides than 'just evil.' Well, besides that Mr. Tiny...

Such an excellent series, my favorite YA world. Every book has it's ups and downs but it all added together to be a gritty, surreal, one-of-a-kind journey. In a way I admire the ending, in a way I wanted a different one.

The Cirque Du Freak has been visited, it has been experienced, and part of me even survived it.

Great Series / Great Ending

This series had one of the greatest endings i’ve read in a long time! Had to re-read the whole series since i stared it in 10th grade but never got to finish it. So glad i re-read the first couple of books and finished the series, overall worth it!

WHAT HAVE I DONE?! All these 12 books only have this kind of ending. Nice try, Darren Shan saga -___-

P.S. hlm. 157 & 178 : Mr. Des Tiny doesn't care with fiction novels XD

I wish that I, like Darren Shan, could go back in time and stop myself from wondering how this series ends.

That ending just didn’t do it for me. I’m happy I reached the end of this journey, but it got real messy in this last part.

I think it’s the limitation of having one narrator that was the biggest issue here, I would’ve loved to know how the other characters continued their lives – but then it doesn’t matter because of the whole time travel. So did the events of the previous 11 books matter at all then?

This end was ... Very bad HORRIBLE ending