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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Shade's Children - Fantastic I'm already a massive fan of Garth Nix and this for me is one of his best ! A really gripping story which I couldn't put down, I was so sorry to finish it and it's such a shame that this book wasn't the start of a series of books. Read it, you won't be disappointed.
food anyone tell me what they live on-they all seem powered by mars bars.-very good though
My favourite children's book in years. This is the first of Garth Nix's books that I have read. Garth Nix has released several very popular series (The Old Kingdom, The Keys to the Kingdom and The Seventh Tower) but he has also released acouple of single stand alone books. Shade's Children is one of those books. The book is set in a futuristic city that is controlled by evil Overlords. Human beings are harvested on their 14th birthdays and they are used as pawns in the Overlord's crazy and meaningless games of strategy. Garth Nix shows... more info
Not So Sure Ok I'm not going to lie here, but I am about 3 chapters away from completing this book and to be frank I'm still confused about what is going on. I hate to be pessimistic but I am a HUGE fan of Garth Nix, and own pretty much every book he has released, within reason of course, bing 19 years old. I feel that in previous books released by Nix, for example the old kingdom series, he goes into intricate detail about each character, and how his make believe magical creatures look and act. He details surrounding... more info
