Darren Shan is not a perfect hero. He is a very confused young man who just wants to do the right thing. He constantly second guesses his decisions and tries to see both sides of every conflict. An enjoyable journey, but not appropriate for younger children.

Good for any age, I said 10+ because I don't think younger kids would understand the story because they wouldn't know what some of the words meant. And there is some swearing, but age ten, there's kids in public schools cussing anyways. Ten is the perfect age to teach your kids that there is such thing as words that shouldn't be used, and you should enforce it by playing by their rules. If they can't cuss, you shouldn't either. Sure, you're showing them that you have control over them by saying "I'm an adult. I can do it." But that will make them feel like it's the cool thing to do, and that it's alright to do it, because you ARE their role models. :)

When I read it it kind of freaked me out, of course i was in 6th grade. At one part its kinda nasty

Love it, action packed and overall amazing!!!

an entertaining read for the pre-teens but it is not very well written if you have read more intricate stories by more talented authors. but overall it is a fun weekend read for tweens, but the plot is thin and the characters are cliched.

I don't know why they count this as young adult. Anyone over thirteen would have to be prepared to die after reading this. It was written so terribly it was pathetic, and while a seven year old might find it scary, anybody much older wouldn't. There are a few swearwords, some people do some weird thing; they're 'freaks' after all, and nothing else, really. I can't begin to recommend this book. It was so horrible!

Extremely violent, but still a fascinating story!! The rest of the books in the series aren't that good, however.

After reading the second book, The Vampire's Assistant, for a school project, I went back and read the first book. The first and second were so good, I had to read the rest of the series. All of the books were good, excecpt for the last half of the 12 book. It has a horrible ending.

These books are excellent! It does have some language, blood, and gore but the books clearly state they are placed in the horror genre. Horror has this sort of thing. I think Darren Shan is a great author and I highly recommend it to any Vampire fan.