Description
History always repeats itself. In Victorian London, a boy named Tom is tricked and forced to work at a paint factory with a cruel boss. In modern-day London, another boy is in danger, and it’s up to a journalist seeing ghosts to save him.
The dog was beaten to death within the first 20 pages. The dog appeared for less than a page, but I cared more about it than any of the characters. I couldn’t keep track of who was who, the point-of-view changes often, sometimes randomly, and all the characters were pretty bland. The villains didn’t have compelling reasons to be evil, and both of them had the same motive. Everything set in the past felt like a prologue, and everything in the future felt rushed. The two stories also really aren’t connected aside from a vague similar situation, and I have no idea why Tom cares so much about this other boy, or how he even knows about him. Then the other boy barely has any page time. I spent most of the book confused and bored. There is heavy cussing throughout.