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Nicole
Nicole is 16% done
“Their names, if you’re interested, were Paul, Norrie, Julie, Steph and Alfie-Joe. They’re all dead now.”

Yeah it's definitely because it's in past tense. I don't feel connected to this story at all, it's told with no emotion.

I did this and this and that and this. Oh also these kids are dead. And I kept doing this and that.
Dec 04, 2023 04:37PM
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)

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Nicole
Nicole is 29% done
“We answered the medics’ questions; we let them do their thing.”

God were in the present now but it still feels like it's being described from the future and it sucks
Dec 07, 2023 05:18AM
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)


Nicole
Nicole is 25% done
“But it already pleased me to think of walking into darkness with Lockwood at my side.”

I-
Dec 06, 2023 11:54AM
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)


Nicole
Nicole is 17% done
“I packed my belongings into a small rucksack, strapped on my rapier and left the cottage without a backward glance. An hour later I was on the train to London”

This whole chapter lacked any and all of the emotion that the show had. I very rarely prefer a show to the source material but in this case I do
Dec 04, 2023 04:43PM
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)


Nicole
Nicole is 16% done
“Over the ensuing months I learned how to mix salt and magnesium in correct proportions, and how to scatter iron according to the likely power of the ghost.”

I don't like the way he tells story's. Maybe it's the POV that's throwing me off? Or maybe it's like because it's being spoken almost in past tense I think that's it. It's just so bland ...
Dec 04, 2023 04:34PM
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)


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