The Whispering Skull
- 464
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Whispering Skull” wins readers with witty dialogue, a ghost-ridden England and young investigators they grow fond of. The second “Lockwood & Co.” book is written for a young audience, yet some praise the richness of its vocabulary and the way its storylines interlock. The plot seems straightforward to some, who guess what is coming before it arrives.
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About the book
The Whispering Skull is a young adult thriller novel by Jonathan Stroud. It is the second book in the Lockwood & Co. series. It was released on the 26 February 2015 in the UK by Corgi Children's, and released on September 16, 2014, in the US by Disney-Hyperion. The Whispering Skull was mentioned in an article of The Daily Telegraph twice in March 2015.
Reading order · Lockwood & Co.
Full order & progress →- The Screaming StaircaseStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - The Whispering SkullThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - The Hollow Boy
–Not ranked yet - The Creeping Shadow
–Not ranked yet - The Empty Grave
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 142 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.3 | 15 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 127 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Whispering Skull?
It has 464 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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