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A review by elwirax
The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I read the first book in this series in 2016 and adored it as a teenager. Unfortunately, I never returned to it until now, it was equally as interesting as I remember the first installment being. However, I did notice some things I wasn't fond of namely the fat shaming and the characterisation of Lucy as "not like other girls" because she didn't like dressing "girly" and was only friends with boys. While they were not detrimental to my enjoyment of the book, it was a shame reading about it in a series where the primary audience are impressionable children. This aside, I thought it was a good book that manged to keep stakes and interests high.