Profile on Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Written By Ash Baer
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Comedy.
3 words describing the book: Unique, Dark, Humorous.
1 sentence describing how you felt when you finished it: When I finished the book I was desperate to start reading the sequel, as I was so wrapped up in the plot and the characters I felt compelled to continue reading Stroud’s wonderful narrative, so I could watch it play out in whole.
Strength: The fact that the rules Stroud uses in world building for this book are out of the box. He doesn’t use your basic rules for ghosts like ghost busters or something like that. As well as the fact that each character has depth to them.
Weakness: I honestly can’t say anything that I didn’t like about it. Once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down.
Why you’d recommend it: (Cue sales pitch music) If you like the idea of a world with a pandemic (Not the corona kind) of the dead coming back to haunt the living, a couple of teens running their own anti-ghost agency who risk their lives for each client, finding out morbid secrets and discovering the truth of the dead, this book is for you! I highly recommend it if you want to step into another, semi-realistic world where the world is plagued by the restless dead, where not even your own home is safe, with ghosts haunting the streets of London at night. If you like any of Rick Riordan's books (I see you Percy Jackson fans, I know who you are) then you will love Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood & Co series.
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