A review by kristineisreading
The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston

dark mysterious tense

3.0

Coming straight off of Thunderhead, which I thoroughly enjoyed, this was a little bit of a let-down. There were a bunch of loose ends that never got tied up (

what happened to the body Nora found in the apartment? what were the eyes that followed Fairhaven and Pendergast in the laboratory room? why was Fairhaven's body all shredded up if he was poisoned? what was the brown fur he was clutching?

). The Pendergast series has a lot of wacky stuff happening that require a major suspension of disbelief, but I struggled with that here. It also wasn't nearly as spooky and intense as the first ones. That being said, I still plan to continue reading both the Pendergast and Nora Kelly series. Pendergast is a weird but captivating character, and Nora's next book sounds fascinating.