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| The Cabinet of Curiosities | 
 enlarge | Authors: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Publisher: Time Warner International
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 6586
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: New edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 656
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0446611239
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446611237
ASIN: 0446611239
Publication Date: July 24, 2003
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 Gripping page turner February 10, 2008
This was recommended to me by a friend and is not the sort of book I would normally pick for myself. However I whizzed through it and must say enjoyed it very much. There are some fascinating historical facts and the plot takes some nice twists and turns. The lead character FBI agent is a little too polished and refined to be entirely believable, and some of the other characterisations are rather one dimensional, however the tale is certainly gripping. It is not particularly scary if that is what you are looking for, but it is certainly a book that is difficult to put down.
 Brilliant thriller!! December 17, 2007
Cabinet of Curiosities was the first Preston/Child book i read which involved agent Pendergast and since this he has become one of my favourite fictional charecter's. Nora Kelly and Will Smithback Jnr also return in a cracking thriller which will keep you guessing to the end.
Some of the scenes/desriptions will genuinely keep you on edge and im not embarrassed to say sent chills down my spine.
Murder, mystery and suspense, Cabinet of Curiosities has it all! Full marks.
memorable July 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think you post a review here if you either adore or hate something. If you don't care, why bother. Here is a book among the former: I really liked it a lot - good plot and characters, but mainly a very original theme and dark places that are so vividly rendered that they really frightened me while reading (which is seldom happening). Contrary to Brimstone (they worst, I hated it), this book by Preston/Child may be their best, at least it is my favourite (ok, Still Life with Crows is perfect too).
 Good but not great October 16, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
'THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES' is one book in a series from the writing team of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child that seems to have a pretty big cult following. The premise for this book in particular interested me, when an underground charnel is found during construction of a new high-rise, FBI agent Pendegrast's interests are aroused and when new victims begin turning up seemingly linked to the 19th century murders Pendegrast begins the hunt for a potential copycat serial killer and must find the link between the two killers. Sounds interesting enough right? Well it was, until the end, which really disappointed me. I was completely engrossed in the first two thirds of this book; however, I found some aspects of the final chapters of the book to be a little too implausible and other aspects to be a little too easy. This could easily have been a five star book, in my opinion, but the ending just did not do it for me. So while I thought that this book was good, it was not as good as I tought it could have been so it only gets three stars from this reviewer.
Excellent Book June 5, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I found this book on the Quick Pick table at my local library and am very glad I did.I found a very good read, and reminded me not just a little of Jeffrey Deaver. The historical aspect was extremely interesting and the character of Agent Pendergast was very well written. On the down side, some people my find some things in the book a little far fetched - Pendergast does some things that would have any law enforcement officer on the carpet quicker than you could say 'badge'. Plus his apparent unlimited resources would have a lot of people wondering. It's an excellent read for Deaver fans, and indeed crime thriller fans in general - just suspend your logic for a while and enjoy the story.
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