{"id":28393,"date":"2015-09-23T22:27:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T02:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=28393"},"modified":"2015-09-23T22:27:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T02:27:23","slug":"review-of-the-whispering-skull-audiobook-by-jonathan-stroud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=28393","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Whispering Skull audiobook, by Jonathan Stroud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"whispering_skull_audio_large\"<\/a>The Whispering Skull<\/em><\/p>\n

by Jonathan Stroud
\nread by Katie Lyons<\/p>\n

Listening Library, 2014. 11 \u00bd hours on 9 compact discs.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thoroughly enjoying rereading the Lockwood & Co.<\/em> series by listening before the third book in the series comes out this month. I was disappointed that a different narrator was used for the second book, but she\u2019s still got a British accent, and it\u2019s still an enthralling and absorbing story that makes the commuting miles fly by.<\/p>\n

In the second book, there\u2019s more tension between the members of the agency Lockwood & Co. The skull in the title is our friend in the jar \u2013 and it starts talking to Lucy, but continues to say things that build mistrust and get the agency into trouble.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more horror in this book \u2013 this time the ghost of a man eaten by rats, as well as people who die by looking into a cursed mirror. Lockwood & Co. are looking for this mirror, which was stolen from a coffin that was dug up in their presence and also contained the bones of a particularly threatening Visitor.<\/p>\n

Again, this would make great family listening \u2013 but only if the kids are old enough for a very scary story. If they\u2019ll be badly freaked out by the thought of rats eating a human body \u2013 this audiobook is not for them.<\/p>\n

However, for older kids and adults, this is more brilliant excitement from Jonathan Stroud. We\u2019ve got a mystery again \u2013 what happened to the mirror? But there\u2019s also competition with another agency, secrets between Lucy and Lockwood and George, and more interesting tidbits about this world where dangerous Visitors walk among us, but only kids can see them.<\/p>\n

I had so much fun reviewing this series in preparation for Book Three, I have a feeling it\u2019s going to become a yearly tradition. (This is a case where I am definitely hoping we\u2019re not talking about a trilogy.) I\u2019m just not getting tired of these brilliant books.<\/p>\n

jonathanstroud.com<\/a>
\nlockwoodandco.com<\/a>
\nlisteninglibrary.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library audiobook from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time. The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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