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The Triumph Of Death (2012)

by Jason Henderson(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

006195103X (ISBN13: 9780061951039)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

HarperCollins Canada / Other

series

Alex Van Helsing

review 1: Sad to say that I didn't read the first two but I had wanted to read this series and couldn't wait to start no matter where it took me. I am surprised to say that this book explained everything and I got caught up to speed pretty quick. It explained things along the way which I appreciated and I thoroughly enjoyed. It didn't take much to get me into the book. I was happy about liking it. I don't know much about the other characters like Minhi, Paul or Sid but I do know Astrid so that's one. I can't wait to start from the top and read any other. Alex is entertaining and his special-ness appears to get more special throughout the book..It was fun and really short to read. Plus you won't get confused even if you started from the middle of the series. Nice job. And it didn't s... moreeem tedious will explaining things like a dictionary. It was done nicely. Good book. Wait... ah crap!!!!! This is the last book????? Damn! And I liked this character. Ah well this sucks. It ended horribly then. It was boring. I mean COME ON. Now that I know that it's the last one then I think it should've had more. Ah damn. I can't believe its the end. I have to start from the top now. Oh well. I ruined it for myself. This sucks. But it was still a goooooooood book.
review 2: Still reeling from finding out that his mother is a witch, Alex is on his way back to school from studying different creatures in Italy when the plane he is on is attacked by zombie vampires! Luckily, he keeps his wits about him and survives his plummet to earth with a parachute, but the training computer is stolen. No time to worry about that-- the town of Secheron is dark at noon, and the skeleton painted vampires are awaiting the arrival of Claire, the vampire queen. Sangster is on hand to help Alex, and the arrival of Astrid, a new student from the Netherlands at the school helps. She is a witch and representative of Hexen, and her spell manages to shut Claire down. Research finds that the vampires are recreating a Bruegel painting called The Triumph of Death, and Claire has sent Alex a message that he has about a week before this comes to pass. Astrid and Alex travel to see the painting and uncover more mysteries, which lead them to Harrow, England to try to find the body of Claire and Lord Byron's daughter. When the coffin turns up empty, they end up on an island off of Scotland, where they find out lots of things about Alex's past, solve the mystery of Byron's daughter, fend off Claire, and leave the door open for (hooray!) yet another adventure!Strengths: John Wilson said it best: things have to blow up in the first chapter, and Mr. Henderson never forgets this. So many strengths in his writing-- good action, lots of travel to exotic places, a tiny bit of romance, good friends, supportive but not intrusive adults, and in this case, a fairly thought provoking mystery. Excellent stuff. This series is a must have for my middle schoolers who love the Cirque du Freak series.Weaknesses: While I love all of the literary references, this is the one part of the book that my readers have trouble with. High schoolers probably have fewer problems with it. less

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