The Black Tattoo
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Demons, martial arts and vomiting bats combine to make a fabulous fiction debut from a HUGE new talent. .Jack doesn't know what he's got himself into. One minute he and his best friend Charlie were up in Chinatown having crispy duck with Charlie's dad (and Jack was having to listen to Charlie shouting at his dad for leaving his mum) - then next minute they were in a mysterious room above a theatre, with some of the strangest characters they'd ever encountered. And they were about to take The Test. . . and something very very weird was about to begin.The Test transforms Charlie - leaving him with the distinctive markings of the Black Tattoo - and with a temper that seems out of control. The boys' meeting with Esme, a young girl with the most impressive martial arts skills this side of Bruce Lee, her huge and hairy father Raymond, and the mysterious Nick seem to have swept Charlie and Jack into a world they had no idea existed. And it's only going to get stranger. . .This epic tale of good and evil, demons and hell, vomiting bats and huge battles marks the debut of an incredible new talent for children's books. Drawing on influences such as comic books, computer games and Eastern martial arts, The Black Tattoo is a book no self-respecting teenage boy will want to miss.
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Weird as book. Still a weird as book. The first third reads like a prologue, the second third lays the stage, and the third truly shows the power of exasperated spite as a motivator. The sidekick is the main character and remains the sidekick. His exasperation throughout and him coming into his own are the best parts about this book. Some interesting, though mostly nonsensical world building. Some excellent discussions on deities that distinctly shaped my mind when I was little.
