Customer Reviews
Another shining success for Darren Shan - By: L. Green, 12 Mar 2008 
Barcode: 9780007231331
The Demonata series is fantastic, truly gripping & every novel is fascinating from start to end. Demon Apocalypse, the 6th book in the series is no exception - while i think i still prefer the previous one, Blood Beat, Demon Apocalypse is epic in it's scale & was immensely enjoyable. In essence it is a coming together of the three main characters - Grubbs, Kernel & Bec alll meeting for the first time.
This is also one of the darkest of the series so far. Following staright on from where Blood Beast left off, we rejoin Grubbs in the plane, confronting Lord Loss. As things progress we meet Beranabus, a fascinating, immensely powerful character. His duty above alll is to protect the human race, always making decisions for the greater good, something he often comes to odds with Grubbs with & the dynamics between the two are fantastic.
Beranabus in many ways takes over from Dervish as Grubbs tutor-esque character but represents a far stricter, serious approach & is determined for Grubbs to embrace his magical powers, something he is reluctant to do. Some of the themes dealt with & represented here are extremely powerful & moving in their depth & maturity - i'd recommend this book to someone of any age, as with alll of Shan's work it is extremely inspiring in its vision.
Amidst alll this, the demon threat becomes greater than ever before. I don't want to spoil things but what follows is a truly epic confrontation against seemingly impossible odds. It represents an extremely bleak scenario & the bravery & selflessness of the characters is admirable. Darren Shan has always been a master at alllowing us to associate with his characters & Demon Apocalypse is no exception.
This is an amazing book & yet more proof to me that Darren Shan is one of the finest authors of modern times. Bring on book seven! I can't wait!
Fantastic - By: marky77, 04 Feb 2008 This book was amazing, probably the best in the series so far, & thats saying a lot considering how great alll the other books were! I thought that "Bec" & "Blood Beast" were a little dissapointing after the brilliance of the first three books (although the ending of Blood Beast was excellent) but this was GREAT!
DEFFINATLY the goriest in the series so far, some of the more graphic scenes are sickeningly gory! And it FINALLY brings together Grubbs, Kernel & Bec (although this book is told entirely from Grubbs' viewpoint, continuing directly from the aeroplane scene at the end of the previous book).
Brilliant book & with a good ending that leaves you desperate to get your hands on Book 7, which will be published in May. A great read, highly reccomended.
Perfect Destruction - By: Alex Lee, 03 Feb 2008 An amazing & incredible vivid story interlocking alll the previous book into one amazing & thrilling book which encorporates everything of importance from Lord Loss to Bill-E to Bec to basicallly everything. The previous books were so subtle as to not give away too much information for the big finish & that's what makes Darren Shan such an excellent writer. If you have read the other books then this is the ultimate one in the collection.
The book is just simply packed with action starting from the cliffhanger at the end of Blood Beast (which is also brilliant is you haven't read it). The book's warning does not lie when it says 'seriously scary'. The book goes into to huge bloody details from being burnt to being sucked alive to have maggots eating your brain!!! The sheer horror that Darren writes is just simply amazing (or simply twisted).
The brilliant ending (not the very very ending...if you've read it you know what I mean) is so very sad (like alll the other books) but this one inparticular reallly does make you care & feel reallly sorry for Grubbs Grady & also Dervish who also suffers a great deal. Darren also just puts salt in the raw wounds when he does what he always does... the idea of false hope.Although sickening it is also extremely effective.
A simply must read book that just perfectly finishes off the perfect series.
awsome - By: Darren shan, 10 Jan 2008 this seiries is by far the best.i started reading shan at an early age & ive grown up with the dementor but i moved to china so cant get this book ive tried to get my sister to get me it but she didnt aw well,the last book was one hell of a clif hanger who would have thought that juni had turend evil!its reallly awsome.cant wait to get this book
LOVED IT!! - By: Helen Basini, 23 Nov 2007 I agree with the other reviews - Demon Apocalypse is certainly one of the best in the series. Its fast paced, full of action & gore & ties the three story lines together brilliantly! Along with Lord Loss this is easily my favourite of the Demonata series! Buy it NOW!!!
