The Hollow Boy: The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co., #3)

by Jonathan Stroud

"Anthony, George, and Lucy investigate new hauntings, track down assassins, and a new assistant joins Lockwood & Co"--

• ISBN10: 1484709683
• ISBN13: 9781484709689
• Publish Date: 15 September 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Mad Soul Child]

эта часть была пока самой будоражащей

[maggiefan]

Although this one is my least favourite in the series, it's still SO SO SO good. I love these characters so much. I understand that some people are frustrated with Lucy because of her behaviour, but... I think it's very realistic. She's not perfect and she's just a teenage girl after all. I can't wait to read the next book to be back in this world again!

[limabean74]

Omg I can't believe it ended that way!!!! Full review soon when I can think!

[pamela]

Jonathan Stroud has done it again. The new Lockwood & Co. The Hollow Boy is as fun and as great as the two that came before.

Like always, Stroud is masterful in his character development and world building. He creates a fast paced plot with some genuinely creepy moments, and his characters are all individuals at the same time flawed, yet perfect. In this instalment he introduces a new character in the form of Lockwood & Co's new assistant, Holly, and with perfection shows the stresses and anxieties that occur when a new entity is thrown head first in to a tight knit group. The relationship between Lucy and Holly is fascinating, without making one or the other seem like a bad person Stroud manages to truly encapsulate the tension when two opposing personalities are brought in to contact.

Stroud's Lockwood & Co makes reading exciting. I haven't been this excited by a series since Harry Potter and John Connolly's Charlie Parker series. What I would like to see in further instalments, which I'm sure Stroud has planned, is a bit more exploration in to the history of 'the problem' and why ghosts are overwhelming London, and I'm certainly excited to see how Lucy's talent will develop. I will be impatiently waiting for the next Lockwood & Co. I plan to follow Lucy, George and Lockwood on all their future adventures!