Malice: Book 1 Paperback – August 1, 2010

Read this book as a child and I loved it! I was so happy when I was able to find it on here again!!

Especially when buying materials used, it's always a question about the quality you're getting, so I went with "Used - like new." As advertised, it was pretty much like new. There was a small stain on the side of the pages, but everything else was in excellent condition, and that's not easy for a book with an unusually thick cover. It came carefully packaged and well cared for.Review for the book itself: Very well written. It's one of the rare books that gave me the chills, and my youngest brother got a jump scare from the end of one of the chapters. There is a mix between comic-book telling and regular novel, and the comic-book portions are hard to follow, as well as sometimes being too fast paced, but all in all a fun, spooky story.

I should start out with a disclaimer: I haven't read this book. I bought this for my reluctant reader based on the premise and other Amazon reviews. I was a voracious reader at his age, and I have hoped to instill a love of books in him as well, but... it's hard to compete with the Wii, the X-box, Cartoon Network and UB Funkeys. Any book he's ever read he was out of necessity for school.Most nights I come home from work and practically have to pry the boy off the computer. Imagine my surprise and delight to come home and find him reading. READING! An actual book! I just about clicked my heels with glee, people. I couldn't believe it.Not only has this book trumped his interest in video games, the internet, and TV, the only thing that distracts him is wanting to talk about the story in great detail. Ok, so 10-yr olds don't edit, and he rambles on & on. I don't care. He's so enthusiastic it's a pleasure to listen to him describe the story. If it took standing on my head and playing the banjo to get him to read, I would've done it; instead, it just took the right book.As far as reading levels go, this book seems perfect for tweens and maybe young teens. I like that the vocabulary has challenged him; he has come to me twice, to ask me how to say "menagerie" and "oubliette." We got to find out together that oubliette is a medieval word for dungeon. How cool is that!I'm hoping I can remember some of the books I loved at his age; two that come to mind are The Witches of Worm and The Lion's Paw. Any other suggestions are welcome and much appreciated! As far as my rating for Malice? Any book that compels a 10-yr old boy to read deserves 10 stars.

While I have never read a book by Chris Wooding before the cover of this one caught my attention when I was at the bookstore (I bought it through Amazon). I must say that I was not expecting a book where the main characters get caught in a comic book would have me as entertained as this one did.The story follows Seth as he enters the world of Malice to look for his lost friend. Along the way you find yourself cheering him on as he fights through the secrets of the clockwork beasts that inhabit Malice. The comic scenes add geat vision to the story all ready in your mind and always seem to be the major action scenes in the book. Without giving to much away I must say that there were several parts that completely caught me off guard from what I expected to happen. I like books where you think you know what will occur then BAM!! you get something very different.At the end I must say I am eagerly awaiting part two titled Havoc.

My son insisted I read it. Any book that keeps a boy's attention and makes him want to share it with others, is alright by me. It's a very dark journey full of interesting situations and characters. Definitely a unique story. Cult classic material for sure!

The premise of this middle school/young adult novel is interesting but the book never really delivers. Elements of the story are derivative and nothing truly original emerges, and we are told there is dread much more often than we experience dread.Not interested in the sequel.

My son loves this book!

I was very surprised at how nice this book was. This is a Christmas present for my teenage grandson and he is going to be so excited.