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The Cabinet of Curiosities
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Book 3 in the series. In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. Inside are 36 bodies all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago. While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city. The nightmare has begun. Again.
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- Lois
- 01-26-13
DrBB
The description "formulaic but fun" pretty much covers all of Preston & Childs, but that's fine--I don't listen to these expecting to be challenged, just entertained. My one complaint here has to do with the narration. Fine as Rene Auberjenois's work has been in the others of this series I was not put off when I saw that there was a new narrator for this entry, but it was not until I was some "pages" into this one that I began to question my purchase.
Mr Marosz has a very distracting habit of arbitrarily, and so far as I can tell illogically choosing to end some sentences on a rising tone, which I found increasingly annoying as the narrative progressed. Without a printed text in front of you, a rising tone suggests a comma or question mark not a period, so this verbal tic ends up constituting a series of syntactical miscues randomly strewn about the text that the listener has to keep stumbling over. I'm not sure what he imagines it adds to the listening experience--variety maybe?--but I found it irritating at best and at times it actively interfered with comprehension.
Dear Mr Marosz: make life easier on your listeners--when you come to a period, please let your inflection drop like any normal reader would!
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- Mel
- 09-03-14
I'm hooked on Pendergast
I hesitated to start this series for several years thinking it was horror genre which I don't go for. In a sense I suppose it is "horror". But the unique character of Agent Pendergast is so entertaining I am now going thru the entire series. This was my 3rd.
Pendergast is a modern-day "Sherlock" for sure but with some Dirk Pitt and maybe even some Doc Savage mixed in. Definitely NOT "Reacher". There is no sex in this series, that I've found. Pendergast's eccentricities have carried each of the books I've read. P&C do go in for the ghoulish with regularity.
My narrator preference is Rene but the others are fine. There is some chronological order to the series but it is not critical. P&C treat each book as if the reader is just meeting "the man in the black suit" for the first time.
Pendergast is so unique I cannot imagine who might play him in as movie. You really should get to know him.... as much as anyone "gets to know Pendergast". :-)
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- Jacqueline
- 12-17-12
UNABRIDGED---AT LAST!
When the Audible abridged version of this book was released in 2002, I was excited because I had read the print version and knew it to be a wonderful story. It is one of my favorite Pendergast novels. Really enjoyable due to the excellent narration of Rene Auberjonois. However, I knew it lacked somewhat because of the abridgement.
A lot of us were really disappointed that we had not been offered an unabridged version--but here it is. I was a little hesitant because they are using a new narrator, Jonathan Marosz. I went for it anyway, and am glad I did. He isn't Rene, but he does a good job of creating the individual voices, and I found his subtle affect very pleasing after I got used to it.
THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES is so much fun to listen to because it is classic Pendergast. He blackmails, manipulates, and smooth talks his way through any situation. A continuous thorn in the side of the "authority figures" he is a true friend to the regular folks, and has a huge array of contacts he can call on when needed.
Pendergast is attempting to solve the mystery of 36 people who were murdered and buried about a hundred years ago--their bones were found when a new building site is being cleared in New York. We go back in time to the world of the 19th Century -where some made money by putting strange oddities on display - and calling them Cabinets of Curiosities. Some were real, but some were contrived to make the displays as gruesome as possible (like sewing two lamb heads on one body.) The murderer had his own Cabinet at the time, which he used for more than one purpose---
One disappointment--In this book there is no D'Agosta- who I kind of missed. Pendergast does enlist the aid of another New York policeman, however, and also an Archeologist from the New York Museum of Natural History. Both good characters!
A reporter, Bill Smithback, is writing a story about the murder victims-with details about how they were killed-- and soon afterward, current day murders start occurring which are so similar to the old one's, they could have been committed by the same person. Except, of course, there is no way he could be alive today-or could he?? This story weaves us back and forth through the past and present, as Pendergast attempts to solve the mystery. However, the method of these murders is so unique, that it is hard to believe this is a "copy cat killer." To say more would spoil the surprise--
Truly an enjoyable book. Edge of the seat type thriller. Very recommended!
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- K Erins
- 08-11-13
Continuing Saga
This is the third in a series by Preston & Child with FBI Special Agent Pendergast and the NY History Museum. It is just as riveting as the first two. This one can be read as a separate book vs the first two (The Relic and Reliquary) need to, or should, be read together. In this one we learn the cool and debonair Pendergast has some very unusual skills past what has ever been known before. He has a fantastic way of remembering everything I think he's ever known. As usual, there is a lot of suspense, murder and deception. These guys have some very vivid imaginations. Over all, everything ends happily...the guy gets the girl, some of the police are shown for their incompetence, the bad guy loses all and NY is safe again. I do like these series of suspense stories and will continue to listen to more. Jonathan Marosz does an excellent job of reading and keeping all the various voices unique.
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- Richard Delman
- 11-16-18
Not The Ice Limit.
IMHO, The Ice Limit is the masterwork of Preston and Child. I think that Scott Brick narrates it, and he isn't my first choice of narrators, but Preston and Child have turned out such a prodigious volume of this stuff that you just can't help preferring one over the others. I did find this fun, although I found it utterly preposterous in many ways. Being imaginative is great, and my hat is off to them for the painstaking research and the glorious invention. However, life without end? A house full of the most unimaginable, one of a kind, priceless treasures of the earth, and it has been essentially idle for a hundred years? And, I agree with the reviewer who complains of the genius Pendergast and the stupid cops: enough already. Also, the editing quirk of several sentences being repeated where a simple edit would have cut them: it is irritating. Jonathan Marosz is fine, in my book, so to speak. He has done some Dennis Lehane and some Harlan Coben, and I like the sound of his voice. I forgive him the rising tone at the end of sentences.
I also have to say that I like Gideon Crew, he-man stereotype though he is. I've read or listened to all four of the books that involve him, and I hope he outlasts the dire medical prognosis.
All in all, worth the credit. A good yarn, even if the imagination runs away with itself regularly. Who really cares? It's fiction, right? They can't all be To Kill a Mockingbird.
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- Randall T Abernathy
- 02-02-13
Great story, weak narrator
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, it's a good story especially if you like the Penderghast series.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Good characters and the bad guy wasn't immediately obvious.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
Narration was horrible. This guy has an awful rhythm and cadence that almost made me quit listening.
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- Polly
- 01-20-13
A Good Mystery, but not as Creepy
I value the goosebumps that Preston and Child give me. This book doesn't do that, and I missed the chills. But ... it is a good mystery and it gives the reader the first hint that Pendergast's family has a deep vein of mental illness, and that this family illness is a driving force in his life's work.
I am always glad to see Smithback again, and his girlfriend was a positive addition.
I recommend it, and I recommend reading the series in order.
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- Nancy
- 01-06-13
Enjoyable, but not my favorite
The problem is most likely I've listened to all the subsequent Pendergast installments, then went back and listened to this one. If they'd been listened to in order, it would probably have been much better.
It was nice to hear from some old friends and discover how Pendergast met Nora. I was disappointed that Constance wasn't included in this book more. I had assumed that this book explained more of how they met and they discovered each other. But, it wasn't there. Is there another missing installment??
Anyway, I was "grossed-out" at some of the situations, but I still couldn't stop listening. It was really gruesome. Even more so than others of this series. I suppose I can take death.. but suffering bothers me.
I was worried about the narrator. This being the 3rd in this series, but Mr. Marosz did a fantastic job. I wouldn't hesitate to listen to his books again.
Yes, I'd recommend it to all die-hard P&C fans, but understand, it is disturbing!
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- Karen Renfro
- 02-04-13
Bad editing job
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The book had an interesting premise and Preston and Child were very good at keeping our FBI agent Pendergast as quirky and enigmatic as ever. I did not like Jonathan Morosz's reading. It sounded like reading, with little difference in voices and Pendergast's southern dialect really poorly done. But the most irksome part of listening to this book was the numerous miscues with editing. Whole sections were read twice, which would jolt me from the story every time.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Jonathan Marosz?
I enjoy Dick Hill's performances. Scott Brick also comes to mind. Don't know who edits these, but definitely needed a better editor!
Was The Cabinet of Curiosities worth the listening time?
Although fairly predictable, I enjoyed the story.
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- Denise Ryan
- 09-12-13
Fascinating (and who doesn't love Pendergast?)
I thought this book was a great story as well as a tour de force of the imagination. The images were vivid and luxurious - I loved it. I only have one complaint - there were several passage the narrator read twice. What the heck? Annoying and something I haven't had happen before.
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- Rachel Conkey
- 11-10-18
excellent story.Bad narration
Excellent story once you can get beyond the narration. the narrator's accent would be better suited to perhaps an Anne Rice book. Narrator did accents and voices but he general reading accent was quite off putting. bought the Kindle version of the book as I couldn't handle the audio but couldn't put down the book! page turner with a few genuinely scary sections which made me very scared!
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- Steph H
- 04-26-20
Fabulously creepy
Super creepy and horrid, but also fascinating, great progress with the characters, very enjoyable, recommended.
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- Sue Dale
- 02-25-15
Terrible narration
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Loved the previous books but the narration of this book leaves a lot to be desired. Had I not wished to follow this series I would have given up within 5 minutes.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Jonathan Marosz?
Anybody !
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- Naomi
- 04-29-22
Great story!
...not so great narrating. His pronunciation was off on a few key words which was a distraction, and lack of pauses between new paragraphs made it a little confusing to follow at times. But overall I still enjoyed it
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- Natalie Haylor
- 06-13-21
repeats
there are many instances of repetition of the text throughout the audio, very distracting at times.
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- The phantom reviewer
- 02-29-20
Excellent, including the narration.
I have read several books by these authors and they have always delivered a great story. There was no exception here in audible form. I personally liked the narration too!
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- AnnieH
- 12-13-18
WONDERFUL
Michael Sheen (as good as Burton) Taron Egerton (preferred him to David Essex and i love David E), all cast brilliant. listened in two nights was so riveting. Bought album first time round, addicted so this was a treat. loved it👍😊
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- Mr. M. Edwards
- 06-17-17
Sherlock Pendergast!
In this, the third Pendergast book, he takes centre stage in a dark and grisly tale.
He's developed into a powerful, yet vulnerable character, dealing with issues from his past.
The story is riveting and fast paced with a suitably evil bad guy, and a couple of twists for good measure!
Great book, and so far, great series.
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- Linda
- 09-19-19
Great series well written and well read
beware the Pendergast series is addictive.You cannot stop a just one book.
Great characters interesting story lines
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- Maria Tippett
- 04-30-18
Excellent book
The only fault I have with this audio version is the bad editing. On several,occasions you will hear the same sentence repeated twice. The narrator also mispronounces several words, I found myself correcting him out load. This Story is brilliant and well worth the read and to listen too.