{"id":1419,"date":"2022-06-24T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2022-06-24T14:27:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T05:27:55","slug":"el%e6%9c%ac%e6%a3%9a%e7%b4%b9%e4%bb%8b50-cirque-du-freak-a-living-nightmare-by-darren-shan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/1419\/","title":{"rendered":"EL\u672c\u68da\u7d39\u4ecb(50) Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare, by Darren Shan"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions\/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the <\/em>tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cirque du Freak<\/em> is designed for TOEIC 600-level extensive reading (\u591a\u8aad). In other words, if you are studying for the TOEIC, this book has good vocabulary and grammar\u2026but it is an entertaining story instead of boring test-prep material. Each chapter is very short, so you can easily read one chapter a day. It is also the first book in a series, so if you like it, you have lots more books to read. If you read carefully, you will notice that it is written in British English.<\/p>\n

This is the story of Darren Shan, a middle-school boy, and his friend Steve. The two boys visit a magical \u201cfreak show\u201d where they see the wolf man, the snake boy, a trained and deadly spider, and lots more. When Steve discovers the horrible secret of the spider\u2019s owner, he and Darren get sucked into a nightmare mixed up with vampires, death, and lying and backstabbing between the two friends.<\/p>\n

My two cents:<\/strong> This was a pretty interesting book, but the story doesn\u2019t warm up until about chapter 7. I suggest reading chapter 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11 first to see if it is a good book for you.<\/p>\n

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