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Lockwood & Co. The Screaming Staircase - Community Reviews back

by Jonathan Stroud
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Dancing Words
Dancing Words rated it 11 years ago
I'mma let you finish Mr. Stroud. I don't to endure the wait for the next installment.
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 11 years ago
Someone you know is going to love this book. Possibly everyone you know. Here's the set-up: something happened, ghosts are not only really, their common, and they can kill people. The ability to sense ghosts fades as a person ages. So (some, particularly sensitive) kids are ghosthunters, ostensibly ...
Hadeer's Ranting
Hadeer's Ranting rated it 11 years ago
Lockwood Corporation is a small unknown ghost-hunting agency located in England. It has only three member unlike other famous agency. When a mission goes wrong, They have to do everything they can to save their agency and reputation. Our main characters consist of Lucy the new member with over the t...
Blogging Between the Lines
Blogging Between the Lines rated it 11 years ago
This was a very well done start to what will definitely be a fascinating and exciting series.Lockwood and Lucy are the top agents in a paranormal/psychological investigation agency. They are ghost-hunters. Ghosts are a plague, an epidemic in London and it's up to young people like Lockwood's team to...
TwistedAlyce
TwistedAlyce rated it 11 years ago
I really had fun listening to this book, it was funny, full of action and suspense.George was my favourite character, he always had a smart comment even when faced with death, he was a straight to the point character.Lockwood was the complete opposite of George, never really taking much seriously a...
TsalagiWriter
TsalagiWriter rated it 11 years ago
In London, there is the Problem. What is the Problem? It's ghosts and they aren't friendly; in fact, they're quite dangerous and need gotten rid of. The only ones that can get rid of these spirits are young people, as they are the only ones who are really in tune with the spirit world. There are m...
By Singing Light
By Singing Light rated it 11 years ago
This is a lovely, spooky read. I really enjoyed the interaction between the three main characters, although I occasionally wished that the descriptions of George had not fallen into problematic tropes. Aside from that, this is pure enjoyment. Stroud is sometimes hit or miss with me, but this is a ke...
Chelsea Russell's Blog
Chelsea Russell's Blog rated it 11 years ago
I thought this book was an interesting mix between Sherlock Holmes and Ghostbusters. The scenes where they encountered ghosts were definitely my favorite. There were also plenty of little side mysteries to keep you guessing. I figured out the main mystery well before the end, but I was still left gu...
Ironic Contradictions
Ironic Contradictions rated it 11 years ago
The Screaming Staircase is a young adult novel that works because of the dynamic between the main characters. It is the second novel featuring ghosts and other spirits that I have read in the past week, and it may not be the last that I read for this month, considering that Joseph Delaney's The Ghos...
AH@BadassBookReviews
AH@BadassBookReviews rated it 11 years ago
With Halloween coming up at the end of the month, it only feels appropriate to review a scary book – a ghost story. The Screaming Staircase is aimed at children from ages 8 and up however, the kid in all of us should enjoy the book. The Screaming Staircase is the first book in Jonathan Stroud’s ne...
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