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Disney-Hyperion (2016), 464 pages
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Fantasy. Juvenile Fiction. Mystery. HTML:After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy, Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment. Penelope Fittes, the leader of the giant Fittes Agency wants them�and only them�to locate and remove the Source for the legendary Brixton Cannibal. They succeed in their very dangerous task, but tensions remain high between Lucy and the other agents. Even the skull in the jar talks to her like a jilted lover. What will it take to reunite the team? Black marketeers, an informant ghost, a Spirit Cape that transports the wearer, and mysteries involving Steve Rotwell and Penelope Fittes just may do the trick. But, in a shocking cliffhanger ending, the team learns that someone has been manipulating them all along. . . .… (more)
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LibraryThing member passion4reading
After the events in The Hollow Boy, Lucy is now a freelance psychical investigator, making good use of her special Talent, Listening. After another successful mission, Lockwood suddenly appears on her doorstep, asking her to come on board for one special assignment in which her Talent would make
More than any other books in the series so far, I feel that familiarity with the events in the previous volume is absolutely essential to understand characters' motivations, though they are alluded to briefly. Already this volume is becoming one of my favourites, along with The Screaming Staircase, as not only does Jonathan Stroud serve up yet another superb helping of incredibly tense and atmospheric ghost story (in the second part you can almost cut the tension with a knife, it is done so phenomenally well), he also emphasises the importance of friendship and individual acts of courage which make Lockwood & Co. so remarkable as an agency and as a series. Wonderful stuff. The downside? After racing through the book in less than 24 hours, I now have to wait an almost unbearable 365 days (or thereabouts) for the next – and very likely to be final – volume.
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all the difference to the outcome of the case. She agrees, albeit reluctantly, and is soon involved in an investigation that requires all her skill, resourcefulness and Talent to solve ...More than any other books in the series so far, I feel that familiarity with the events in the previous volume is absolutely essential to understand characters' motivations, though they are alluded to briefly. Already this volume is becoming one of my favourites, along with The Screaming Staircase, as not only does Jonathan Stroud serve up yet another superb helping of incredibly tense and atmospheric ghost story (in the second part you can almost cut the tension with a knife, it is done so phenomenally well), he also emphasises the importance of friendship and individual acts of courage which make Lockwood & Co. so remarkable as an agency and as a series. Wonderful stuff. The downside? After racing through the book in less than 24 hours, I now have to wait an almost unbearable 365 days (or thereabouts) for the next – and very likely to be final – volume.
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LibraryThing member krau0098
This is the fourth book in the Lockwood and Co series and I thought it was the best book in this series yet! I really enjoyed all the creepiness, the characters, and the larger story that has gone from book to book. This is a great Halloween read that I think all readers middle grade and older
The book starts out with a bit of a melancholy tone as Lucy is trying to make it on her own with only the skull in the jar for company. This is a bit depressing but things really pick up for her when Lockwood and Co hire her to consult on a case with them. On her own Lucy has discovered some strange findings as well; she has discovered that Sources that were supposed to be destroyed are ending up on the black market.
The story is fast-paced and engaging, I love how well the writing style flows as well. These characters are so much fun and I really enjoy this alternate world where ghosts are deadly and can only be seen by children. This whole series has had great atmosphere to it and I have really enjoyed the format. I love that each book has a mystery that needs to be resolved but that there is a broader story that spans multiple books as well.
Overall I am loving this creepy series; I enjoy the alternate world it’s set in, the writing style, the fast-pace, and the engaging characters. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book!
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would enjoy. Part of the book can get pretty scary and intense; I know the first book in this series was too scary for my 9 year old son so he stopped reading it.The book starts out with a bit of a melancholy tone as Lucy is trying to make it on her own with only the skull in the jar for company. This is a bit depressing but things really pick up for her when Lockwood and Co hire her to consult on a case with them. On her own Lucy has discovered some strange findings as well; she has discovered that Sources that were supposed to be destroyed are ending up on the black market.
The story is fast-paced and engaging, I love how well the writing style flows as well. These characters are so much fun and I really enjoy this alternate world where ghosts are deadly and can only be seen by children. This whole series has had great atmosphere to it and I have really enjoyed the format. I love that each book has a mystery that needs to be resolved but that there is a broader story that spans multiple books as well.
Overall I am loving this creepy series; I enjoy the alternate world it’s set in, the writing style, the fast-pace, and the engaging characters. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book!
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LibraryThing member bibliovermis
As this series goes on, the mysteries of each book, and the ultimate mysteries of the series, are becoming increasingly obvious to me, and yet there's no indication the series is ever going to end. It's kind of boring, waiting for characters to understand things you figured out whole books ago.
LibraryThing member PardaMustang
**This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review**
I am sad to admit that Lockwood and Co: The Creeping Shadow was my first foray into Stroud's Lockwood books. I absolutely adore his Bartimaeus series. Stroud has a true gift for weaving tales of gritty magic, and stringent societies, complete
Lucy Carlyle is a freelancer agent, in a world where only children have the psychic sight to see spirits. Lucy, and child agents like her, respond to calls of hauntings armed with the tools to fight against them. They must find and dispose of the hauntings’ Sources, and a whole industry has sprung up to support agents in dealing with the ever-growing threat of ghostly invasion. There are the agencies, run by adult supervisors, the vast furnace complex to burn the Sources, and entities such as the Orpheus Society, that are working on new weapons and tools to stay the tide.
When Lucy teams up with Lockwood and Co, her old agency and the only one fully run by youths, to tackle the haunting of the Ealing Cannibal, she gets far more than she bargained for. In the aftermath of the case, Lucy's prize ghost-jar, containing a Type Three spirit that only she can speak with, is stolen. Attempts to retrieve her erst-while companion lead to the discovery of a black market for powerful Sources, and beyond that, a plot so sinister Lockwood and Co can scarce countenance it. By the time they are done one agency will be ashambles, and they will have earned some fearsome enemies.
After reading this book, I went out and snagged the others in the series. I love British writers in general, and Stroud in particular. This book can certainly be read stand-alone, though. Enough backstory is given via dialogue and mental processing. So delicately is it woven in that you won't even realise you've missed other books before it, if you didn't know ahead of time.
The tone of this book was a little different from Stroud's Bartimaeus series. It was a little less formal. I must admit, I do believe I like this series more than Bartimaeus, though I still love that one too. The pacing seems quicker. There’s always some action going on. My only puzzlement is in regards to the occasional swapping of American words with British ones. If you don't know 'chips’ and 'fries’, or 'biscuits’ and 'cookies’ refer to the same thing, this could be confusing. It does not happen often, and I only noticed it with foods. There was also 'chips’ and 'crisps’.
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 Perfect for fans of Stroud’s Bartimaeus trilogy, Grossman’s The Magicians trilogy, Rowling's Harry Potter series, and books such as Susanne Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell.
I am sad to admit that Lockwood and Co: The Creeping Shadow was my first foray into Stroud's Lockwood books. I absolutely adore his Bartimaeus series. Stroud has a true gift for weaving tales of gritty magic, and stringent societies, complete
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with strong females, and witty (if enslaved) sidekicks. Lucy Carlyle is a freelancer agent, in a world where only children have the psychic sight to see spirits. Lucy, and child agents like her, respond to calls of hauntings armed with the tools to fight against them. They must find and dispose of the hauntings’ Sources, and a whole industry has sprung up to support agents in dealing with the ever-growing threat of ghostly invasion. There are the agencies, run by adult supervisors, the vast furnace complex to burn the Sources, and entities such as the Orpheus Society, that are working on new weapons and tools to stay the tide.
When Lucy teams up with Lockwood and Co, her old agency and the only one fully run by youths, to tackle the haunting of the Ealing Cannibal, she gets far more than she bargained for. In the aftermath of the case, Lucy's prize ghost-jar, containing a Type Three spirit that only she can speak with, is stolen. Attempts to retrieve her erst-while companion lead to the discovery of a black market for powerful Sources, and beyond that, a plot so sinister Lockwood and Co can scarce countenance it. By the time they are done one agency will be ashambles, and they will have earned some fearsome enemies.
After reading this book, I went out and snagged the others in the series. I love British writers in general, and Stroud in particular. This book can certainly be read stand-alone, though. Enough backstory is given via dialogue and mental processing. So delicately is it woven in that you won't even realise you've missed other books before it, if you didn't know ahead of time.
The tone of this book was a little different from Stroud's Bartimaeus series. It was a little less formal. I must admit, I do believe I like this series more than Bartimaeus, though I still love that one too. The pacing seems quicker. There’s always some action going on. My only puzzlement is in regards to the occasional swapping of American words with British ones. If you don't know 'chips’ and 'fries’, or 'biscuits’ and 'cookies’ refer to the same thing, this could be confusing. It does not happen often, and I only noticed it with foods. There was also 'chips’ and 'crisps’.
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 Perfect for fans of Stroud’s Bartimaeus trilogy, Grossman’s The Magicians trilogy, Rowling's Harry Potter series, and books such as Susanne Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell.
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LibraryThing member srsharms
Lucy Carlyle & Co. return for a spectacular series of ghost-busting adventures in this fourth installment, armed with swords, magnesium flares, and, of course, liberal doses of sarcasm (still the best weapon against ghosts, naturally). Highly recommend if you're looking for a fall read that's as
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entertaining and witty as it is adventurous & creepy! Show Less
LibraryThing member Starla_Aurora
love this series, so fun! sad there is only a few books in the series.
LibraryThing member mutantpudding
My enjoyment of this series is still going strong. I thought this book was a bit more interesting plotwise than the previous volume, although it did seem to be wandering off track towards the beginning. The end brought things together nicely though and Im really looking forward to getting my hands
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on the future book (books?). This series does a good job blending ghost stories with fantasy and mystery and I strongly recommend it if those are genres that interest you. Show Less
LibraryThing member Jenson_AKA_DL
Lucy is making a living at being a free agent but when Lockwood comes to ask to hire her on a matter he is undertaking for Penelope Fittes she cannot refuse.
This is my favorite one yet! The characters get better all the time (especially the Skull!) I liked Lucy's interactions with everyone and I
Very well done! (as you can tell from the numerous exclamation points LOL)
This is my favorite one yet! The characters get better all the time (especially the Skull!) I liked Lucy's interactions with everyone and I
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even enjoyed the addition of one of Fittes' former agents to the group. Also, there is a scene near the end (I won't go into too much detail) where Holly shows a new side to herself which surprises Lucy and I thought it was great!!Very well done! (as you can tell from the numerous exclamation points LOL)
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Original language
English
Physical description
445 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
1484709675 / 9781484709672