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Demon Thief (2005)

von Darren Shan

Reihen: The Demonata (2)

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With the opening of a window into a demon world, a boy discovers his powers as a Disciple and his mission to hunt the viciously powerful Demonata to the death.
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In questo secondo libro non seguiamo Grubbs, ma Kernel Fleck.
Non abbiamo una periodizzazione esatta degli eventi rispetto al primo volume, ma la presenza di un giovane Dervish e il fatto che il padre di Grubbs non abbia ancora figli indica che sia di molto precedente a Lord Loss.
Kernel è un ragazzo strano, almeno è quello che pensano tutti: vede delle luci che non ci sono, di colori diversi, che si muovono e che lui stesso può muovere a piacere.
Quando il demone Cadaver rapisce il suo fratellino Art, Kernel lo segue nel mondo dei demoni per cercare di salvarlo e si unisce a un gruppo di Discepoli, la cui missione è combattere le orde demoniache.

Io e questo libro abbiamo una storia travagliata: lo avevo cominciato nel 2020 ma non mi prendeva, quindi l'ho abbandonato. Poi, quest'anno, ho deciso di dargli una seconda possibilità e cominciarlo da capo. E in effetti mi è piaciuto!

La storia è interessante da molti punti di vista: in primis, venimo a sapere di più sull'universo di questa serie; attraverso Kernel scopriamo dove vivono i demonata, i loro mondi diversi e come essi funzionino in modo completamente diverso da quello umano; grazie ai Discepoli e a Kernel stesso scoprimo di più sulla magia e sul suo uso contro i demoni.
È stato un viaggio estremamente interessante da quel punto di vista, meno da un altro. Non so se fosse voluto o meno, ma ho capito subito chi fosse il "demon thief" e perché.
Ho apprezzato però la nuova apparizione di Lord Loss, che rimane uno dei miei personaggi preferiti fino a ora. È forse uno di quelli più a tutto tondo, pur essendo solo un demone malvagio.
Inoltre, in entrambi i volumi ho apprezzato il coinvolgimento degli scacchi (qui avvenuto in modo completamente diverso e, credo, interessante).

Per quanto riguarda i personaggi, ammetto che per la maggior parte non mi prendono come quel.li della serie Cirque du Freak. Non so perché. Forse è troppo presto per dirlo...
I personaggi principali in questo volume, a mio avviso, sono Kernel, Beranabus, Dervish, Shark e Nadia, e in parte Sharmila.
Se dovessi scegliere il mio preferito credo che fare il nome di Shark: è coraggioso e sempre pronto a combattere, nonché un bravo mago. Ottime qualità per un Discepolo. Dervish è più cauto e mi sarebbe piaciuto molto venire a sapere di più della sua giovinezza, visto che nel primo volume è già adulto.
Beranabus, invece... Lo reputo un personaggio abbastanza grigio. In molti casi non mi trovavo d'accordo con le sue opinioni e le sue scelte, anche se a volte dimostra di non essere un totale bastardo. Dal finale di questo volume credo che lo rivedreamo ancora, ma non so bene come. Proprio come Grubbs e Nadia.

Nel complesso, come credo aver già detto nella mia recensione di Lord Loss, trovo lo stile di questa serie molto diverso dagli altri libri che ho letto di questo autore e forse devo ancora abituarmici. Non significa però che sia un male.
La storia si legge bene, pur essendo ovvia (per me) in alcuni punti, e vi consiglio di leggere questa serie! ( )
  thereadingpal | Jun 14, 2022 |
"وقتی آشوب و اتفاق های خیلی بد رخ می دهد، نمی شود نگران مرده ها شد و فقط باید به زنده ها فکر کرد."

اتفاقات دزد شیطانی قبل از کتاب اول اتفاق میفته و عده ای از شخصیت های کتاب قبلی اینجا حضور دارند. برای من نیمه دوم کتاب خیلی جذاب تر از نیمه اول بود. شاید این به خاطر اشاره به کاراکترهای مرتبط با کتاب اول بود. شاید هم به خاطر معمای پیدا کردن "دزد شیطانی".
شخصیت های اصلی این کتاب و کتاب قبلی شباهت هایی به هم دارن. علاوه بر بازه رده سنی مشابه، گروبز و کرنل دغدغه ها و ترس های نسبتا مشابهی دارن. ترس از دست دادن خونواده محوریت اولیه مشکلات هر دو فرد هست، اولی خونواده شو از دست می ده و طول می کشه تا با تنهایی بعد از اون ها سازگار شه، دومی با وجود اینکه خونواده اش رو به اون شکل از دست نداده، با ترس و اضطراب تنهایی دست و پنجه نرم می کنه. از طرفی هر دو نفر به خاطر برادرشون حاضر به خطر انداختن جون خودشون می شن و قسمت های بزرگی از ماجراجویی هاشون بر اساس این مساله به وجود میاد.
با این حال این دو کاراکتر تفاوت های جالبی هم دارن که شاید باعث می شه شکل گیری خصوصیاتشون در طول کتاب تفاوت هایی رو داشته باشه. گروبز "استعداد" خاصی نداره و به تدریج در طول داستان لرد لاس با راهنمایی ها و تمرین های "درویش" پخته تر می شه. اما توی این داستان کرنل پر از استعداد بالقوه است. از اوایل کتاب مشخص هست که چیزهایی رو متوجه می شه که حتی مطرح ترین افراد هم ادراکی ازش ندارن. وجود برانابوس اقلا در اوایل کتاب در پخته تر شدن کرنل تاثیر چندانی نمی ذاره. این تفاوت منو تا حدودی یاد تفاوت لوک و آناکین انداخت. شاید به خاطر همین تفاوت هاست که مرشد های کاملا متفاوتی میان سراغشون: درویش سال ها تنها زندگی کرده باهاش اخت گرفته و از تنهایی نه تنها نمی ترسه بلکه حتی احتمالا لذت هم می برد و انعطاف پذیری خوبی داره. برانابوس در سمت دیگه قضیه شاید به خاطر تاریخچه پیچیده و تحت تنشش از تنهایی می ترسه و نمی شه گفت منعطف پذیرترین مرشد ممکنه.
به طور کلی تجربه زیبا و هیجان انگیزی بود. ( )
  Milad_Gharebaghi | Jan 14, 2022 |
In my review of Lord Loss, I mentioned that I was disappointed that the book was written about a kid *like* a kid. As I reread Demon Thief, it was a polar opposite experience: it was a book written about a kid, from his perspective, without coming across as overly juvenile. I thoroughly enjoyed giving in to nostalgia with this read! ( )
  Amellia_Fiske | Jan 24, 2020 |
Very enjoyable, especially if you like books, shows and movies about the supernatural. ( )
  emeraldgirl68 | Sep 30, 2018 |
Hot damn, Darren Shan has such a complex imagination, it's hard to think of many that can compete. It's strange going from a completely different point of view in book one to a new one in book two, but I see this as a prequel, kind of, and backstory. Think I can swing it with the series as long as it doesn't get too confusing.

I enjoyed the main character Kernel. His loneliness spoke to me in the beginning and his painful plight in the ending convinced me. It's a dark story with his parents and sibling, but this of course grows much darker when he has to enter the demon realm.

What was fascinating about this book was the full-fledged magic. Each had their own brand and seeing it being explored always excited the kid in me. The story held a few twists and surprises along the way, especially with the decision of a disciple, a revelation of a theif (although I guessed that right before it was revealed), and how life changes as it goes on without someone.

Meeting the Disciples and seeing how mixed they were was a treat. It took me a moment to recognize who Dervish was since it has been a little while since I read the first book. There are a lot of questions still waiting to be answered but this pulls out for the tension and suspense of the series. Nothing feels like let down or suspended/cut off from that.

Lord Loss was as eerie as ever and it was nifty to go back in time, in his land, to see his horrors face to face in a castle of all things. There's a lot of twists in the demon world, monstrosities too horrible to clearly picture. I do keep picturing that twinkle in Art's eye at the end. I can't fully picture the disasterous appearance that is Lord Loss yet.

Shan did well with this book and that world, although not perfect in terms of imaginations and intricacies. More could be done in future installments to leave a greater impression on the twisted multiverse.

As I've mentioned in reviews of most of Darren Shan's books, this may be set for middle school to young adult, but the subject matter, violence, and blood/gore level is intense enough for an adult. There's some disturbing material here that works perfectly for all horror fans of all ages. If you're a sensitive adult about what your child reads, you may want to preview some of this stuff, although I'm fine with my son reading it. Then again I was never sensitive about reading material and believed in allowing the imagination to stretch and experience for itself. Adults should not grow bored - look at me, I read these and love them, he's a favorite author for sure.

I'm pleased to see I've fallen more into the series. The first book was good but didn't grab me. Cirque Du Freak was such an epic cant-put-down feeling that I hope to get the same with the Demonata.
( )
  ErinPaperbackstash | Jun 14, 2016 |
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