I guess one can safely assume that my reading lull is over, or at least on the road to being over.
After all, I just finished a 233 paged novel in two days. A far cry of my prime reading feats a few months ago but it's progress still.
The book I just finished is the third in the Lockwood Series and I have to say, this is the best still.
Lockwood and Co: The Hollow Boy 馃幁
Plot
Lucy has begun embracing her powers and trying to discover just how far she can go. In the midst of this London is rocked by the surge of ghostly activity in Chelsea and Scotland yard is left baffled by it.
It's up to Lockwood and Co to help - even if it's unwanted. The trio teenage ghost hunters have been in prickly situations before, but none quite as ghastly as this.
I thought the whispering skull was the best Jonathan Stroude book ever. I was so wrong. This book is nothing short of genius.
First thing I noticed was how much more thrills were in this book.
Actually, it made the other tight spots the group had been in seem like puny inconveniences.
The book starts with a compelling paragraph of one of their jobs. Jonathan's ability to input humor, wit and a sense of urgency in his action scenes is one of the things that keep me hooked.
And in this book there were loads of action scenes!!
Plus the skull's conversations and sarcastic dialogue were just an added bit that made every chapter funnier.
Still, after two or three hauntings, more than a few arguments, and about three days worth of action, we come up on the main scene and you the reader are left breathless and with anticipation of what'll come next.
And after all the previous events read, after the chases, stabs, bombs, roars, protests, etc.
One would never guess that at the center would be department store.
Still, this department store proved itself in the role of the final boss.
I've read a lot of thrillers and I'd say that this was the most thrilled I've been in a long long while.
My eyes were glued to every word as I read, not wanting to miss any detail and feeling my heart rate rise as the thrill continued.
The hauntings were something that were well written and the ghost as described gives you chills that you can just imagine what the characters in the book would have felt when facing it.
I wish I could post excerpts but I would hate to spoil that bit, you'd just have to read through it yourself.
All in all, Jonathan has seemed to make a decision - much to my delight that even no matter how serious the book had been and what the crew has been through, George would still be his amusing, impeccably witty and generous with an insult self.
Like who would make a scuffle sound just as interesting as George?馃槶馃槶
He's a gem of this franchise for real.
In Summary..
The Hollow Boy is a freaking 10 stars from me. I recommend it for all you thriller bookies, this is one story that'll really give you chills 馃ザ.
ESPANOL
Supongo que se puede asumir con seguridad que mi letargo lector ha terminado, o al menos va camino de terminar.
Despu茅s de todo, acabo de terminar una novela de 233 p谩ginas en dos d铆as. Muy lejos de mis mejores momentos de lectura hace unos meses, pero aun as铆 es un progreso.
El libro que acabo de terminar es el tercero de la serie Lockwood y debo decir que sigue siendo el mejor.
Lockwood and Co: The Hollow Boy 馃幁
Sinopsis
Lucy ha comenzado a aceptar sus poderes e intenta descubrir hasta d贸nde puede llegar. En medio de esto, Londres se ve sacudido por la oleada de actividad fantasmal en Chelsea y Scotland Yard est谩 desconcertado.
Depende de Lockwood and Co ayudar, incluso si no es deseado. El tr铆o de cazadores de fantasmas adolescentes ya se ha encontrado en situaciones espinosas, pero ninguna tan espantosa como esta.
Pens茅 que la calavera susurrante era el mejor libro de Jonathan Stroude. Estaba completamente equivocado. Este libro es una aut茅ntica genialidad.
Lo primero que not茅 fue la cantidad de emoci贸n que conten铆a.
De hecho, hizo que los otros aprietos en los que se hab铆a encontrado el grupo parecieran peque帽os inconvenientes.
El libro comienza con un p谩rrafo cautivador sobre uno de sus trabajos. La capacidad de Jonathan para incorporar humor, ingenio y sentido de urgencia a sus escenas de acci贸n es una de las cosas que me enganchan.
隆Y en este libro hab铆a much铆simas escenas de acci贸n!
Adem谩s, las conversaciones de la calavera y los di谩logos sarc谩sticos eran un detalle adicional que hac铆a cada cap铆tulo m谩s divertido.
Aun as铆, tras dos o tres apariciones fantasmales, varias discusiones y unos tres d铆as de acci贸n, llegamos a la escena principal y el lector se queda sin aliento y con la expectativa de lo que vendr谩 despu茅s.
Y despu茅s de todos los eventos previos, tras las persecuciones, los apu帽alamientos, las bombas, los rugidos, las protestas, etc., nadie imaginar铆a que en el centro estar铆an los grandes almacenes.
Aun as铆, estos grandes almacenes demostraron su val铆a como jefe final.
He le铆do muchos thrillers y dir铆a que este ha sido el m谩s emocionante que he sentido en mucho tiempo.
Ten铆a los ojos pegados a cada palabra mientras le铆a, sin querer perderme ning煤n detalle y sintiendo c贸mo se me aceleraba el coraz贸n a medida que la emoci贸n continuaba.
Las apariciones estaban muy bien escritas y el fantasma, tal como se describe, te da escalofr铆os que puedes imaginar lo que habr铆an sentido los personajes del libro al enfrentarse a 茅l. Ojal谩 pudiera publicar extractos, pero no me gustar铆a spoilear esa parte; tendr铆as que leerlo t煤 mismo.
En resumen, Jonathan parece haber tomado una decisi贸n; para mi alegr铆a, incluso sin importar lo serio que haya sido el libro y lo que haya pasado el equipo, George seguir铆a siendo divertido, impecablemente ingenioso y generoso, con un toque de insulto.
驴Qui茅n har铆a que una pelea sonara tan interesante como George? 馃槶馃槶
Es una joya de la franquicia, sin duda.
En resumen...
The Hollow Boy le doy 10 estrellas. Se la recomiendo a todos los amantes de los thrillers; esta historia les pondr谩 los pelos de punta. 馃ザ
NOTE||NOTA
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馃懟 Colored Images of Lucy with ghostes have their links embedded in them.||Las im谩genes coloreadas de Lucy con fantasmas tienen sus enlaces incrustados en ellas.
馃懟 Excerpt images of the novel are cropped screenshots of the book from my novel reader.||Las im谩genes de extractos de la novela son capturas de pantalla recortadas del libro de mi lector de novelas.
馃懟 Text translated using Google Translate.||Texto traducido con Google Translate.
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