A solid end to the series. I loved the twin storylines of Wendell's past and Marjorie and Eliza navigating past friendships/frenemies as they prepare to enter high school in the fall. I particularly love Eliza's conversations with her dad and her funny, salty conversations. I also just enjoy the way that we discover these characters, old and new, through episodic moments -- it feels very true to human experience. ( )

In the first book the focus was mostly on Marjorie and in the second book we got to know Eliza and in this third book the focus is on Wendell’s story. I like how they all come to terms with their struggles. Marjorie’s dad also gradually improves.

This might be my favorite of the books. I loved how everything comes together and how the friendships were explored more deeply, and their healing was advancing, and in a realistic way.

This author captures eighth grade friendships well. The story definitely rekindled some old memories. The story also does a good job of showing grief and mental health issues and showing healing too. It’s done subtly and without excessive drama and with realism and so it’s believable and I appreciate that.

The mystery in this one was kind of interesting.

The book and series is both sad and funny.

I really have to suspend disbelief with these books, but because of the multiple meanings of ghosts it’s really not that hard.

It’s a great series/trilogy when (for me) each book improves and although the three books work as one story for me in general I liked it more and more as it developed.

Many of the illustrations in this book are stunning. The nature scenes are beautiful.

I would definitely recommend this trilogy to many 9-12 year old readers and to some teens and to some adults too. I really enjoyed it. I’m glad I gave book one and the series and second chance, and that was thanks to Caroline’s review of the first book. ( )

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/9v_mN6GigpE

Enjoy! ( )

This might be the most melancholy and death-obsessed trilogy you'll find the in the juvenile graphic novel section. And the books are so thick and slow, I can't imagine most children having the patience to get through them. But, hey, they work for me.

Wendell Hofferly -- Casper the friendly ghost for the 21st century -- is set on finding out the reason behind his death, and his best friend, Marjorie, is trying to help him, but she gets distracted navigating the precarious world of eighth-grade friendships.

The author goes a little overboard trying to give the "Lights" of the title multiple meanings in the book, but it's a satisfying conclusion to an interesting if downbeat series. ( )

“It’s much harder to create light than it is to extinguish it.”
Such a fitting end! ( )