Reviews

The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

m0mmaj0's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

readerbakerteacherspy's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

stacielynn's review

4.0

so this installment of the agent pendergast series has some truly gruesome moments and a real sci-fi twist. bouncing around manhattan both geographically and in time keeps the tension high. you have to pay attention to the nuance. sometimes it's a bit too gritty for my taste, but it's a thriller that snags you from the start and keeps you guessing until the end.

pea_gee's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

renee_will's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

lauriesls's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

Creepy and tense.

writingmaf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

hotaliens's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jjaylynny's review

4.0

I just love this piece of schlock. Actually it's not really schlock, but it is schlock-adjacent, but with tantalizing stuff -- a stand-in for the Museum of Natural History, the fascinating history of cabinets of curiosity, medical history shenanigans, all manner of gross stuff. And there's lots of NYC history, another love of mine. The Pendergast series gets super repetitive and dumb later on-- but for a weird kind-of-police-procedural-for-the-batshit-crazy, this one is my favorite and lots of fun.

seanlynch1228's review

4.0

The third Pendergast novel takes us through a world at the turn of the last century, where men were defined by what they collected. This is an exciting and adventurous thriller.