Lockwood & Co 02: the Whispering Skull

Lockwood & Co 02: the Whispering Skull

Softcover
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Now a major Netflix series!

Ghosts and ghouls beware! London's smallest, shabbiest and most talented psychic detection agency is back.

Life is never exactly peaceful for Lockwood & Co. Lucy and George are trying to solve the mystery of the talking skull trapped in their ghost jar, while Lockwood is desperate for an exciting new case.

Things seem to be looking up when the team is called to Kensal Green Cemetery to investigate the grave of a sinister Victorian doctor. Strange apparitions have been seen there, and the site must be made safe. As usual, Lockwood is confident; as usual, everything goes wrong - a terrible phantom is freed and a dangerous object is stolen from the coffin.

Lockwood & Co. must recover the relic before its power is unleashed, but it's a race against time. Their obnoxious rivals from the Fittes agency are also on the hunt. And if that's not bad enough, the skull in the ghost-jar is stirring again...

The author of the blockbuster BARTIMAEUS sequence delivers another humorous and chilling instalment in the critically acclaimed LOCKWOOD & CO. series.

'Stroud is a genius' Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series.

Book Information

Main Genre
Young Adult Books
Sub Genre
Non-Fiction
Format
Softcover
Pages
485
Price
11.50 €

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4.5

I very much enjoyed this book. I think I even liked it better than the first part, though I thought I would finally figure out what exactly is behind that door, I watched the TV show so I knew what would happen (the book is a lot better than the show), but nooooooo I still don't know! so I will read the third part as soon as possible. But all in all the book is really good, would recommend it.

4

Very enjoyable second installment of this series. Lovable characters, good story.

4

I need everyone to read this. Please.

3

3,5 Sterne Vorneweg: Ich liebe die Netflixserie und habe mich sehr auf diesen Band gefreut, weil die zweite Hälfte der Staffel großartig war. Während die erste Hälfte der Staffel sich sehr am ersten Teil der Buchreihe orientiert hat, gab es im zweiten Band einige Abweichungen, die mir nicht so gut gefallen haben. Viele Szenen fand ich in der Serie besser umgesetzt und auch irgendwie emotionaler, während mir im Buch oft die Gefühle der Protagonist*innen zu kurz kamen. Ich mag Lucy als Hauptfigur sehr, aber mich stört es, dass sie ausnahmslos jede andere weibliche Figur vorverurteilt. Da merkt man irgendwie, dass sie von einem erwachsenen Mann geschrieben wurde, was kein Pluspunkt ist. Auch George, von dem ich in der Serie schon kein großer Fan war, hat mich hier auch oftmals genervt. Mir stößt auch sauer auf, wie er beschreiben wird. Eigentlich ist er der typische dickliche Nerd-Charakter und ich hoffe auf mehr Tiefgang in den nächsten Bänden. Ich freue mich aber schon sehr auf Band 3, weil ich die Reihe dann nicht mehr mit der Serie vergleichen kann und komplett unvoreingenommen lesen kann.

5

The whispering skull is incredibly sassy and I love it.

3

Story: 7/10 Characters: 5/10 Style: 5/10 Cliffhangers are going to be the death of me some of these days! Honestly upon to the last scene I wasn't sure if I would read the next book of the series. I already lost interest half through this one, though the second half kinda made up for it. These books just tend to take far to long to start off.

4

Leider musste dieses Buch ein wenig warten, da andere zeitweise Vorrang hatten. Trotzdem hat es mir sehr gut gefallen und war wirklich spannend. Es gab viele Wendungen und am besten hat mir das Ende gefallen. Im Hörbuch kommt ebenfalls die gespenstische Atmosphäre gut rüber. Ich greue mich im März auf Teil 3!

3.5

 One thing Jonathan Stroud always gets right are the endings; it had me running to grab the third book of my shelves. I had so much fun reading it, the last ~hundred pages especially; I couldn't put it off. The characters, while definitely flawed, are so loveable. George's quirky nerdiness  and sarcasm, Anthony's quick-wittedness and Lucy's sarcasm as well adds so much humor to the book that at times it feels like reading a cozy "legends and latte" type of book. I have to admit, though, that the middle part of this book felt quite slow paced to the point that I picked up another book and halfway done with that before switching back to L&C; hence 3.5 and not 4 stars.

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