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Title: Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head
Author: Lauren Oliver, H. C. Chester
Narrator: Greg Steinbruner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-29-15
Publisher: HarperAudio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 60 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
The audiobook is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head.
Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. But when a fourth child, Max, a knife thrower, joins the group, it sets off an unforgettable chain of events.
When the museum's Amazonian shrunken head is stolen, the four are determined to get it back. But their search leads them to a series of murders and an explosive secret about their pasts. This sensational new series combines the unparalleled storytelling gifts of Lauren Oliver with the rich knowledge of the notorious relics collector H. C. Chester.
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Members Reviews:
Mix the Circus and a Murder Mystery
Creepy (but not-scary) murder mystery filled with circus-like characters. I wouldn't recommend it for young children, but its an interesting story with an unexpected twist at the end! The narrator was great.
I can't believe I finished it.
normally I adore children adventure stories but for some reason this one was really hard to get into. The overall performance was bland and all the characters sounded alike. aside from that the story was predictable except for the fact that even though these children are supposedly extraordinary and gifted they didn't remotely act like how children would react. I will not be continuing the series.
S'ok
Interesting concept but did not hold my attention long. Struggled to finish, but got better at the end...much better.
I purchase 2 for 1 so I will try the next in series but I don't think I'll move beyond that.
Pretty classic Clue type of story..nothing special
I got this book as part of the Lauren Oliver audiobook sale on Audible. I was excited to read a middle grade series by Oliver; the synopsis sounded interesting and I thought this would be something I would love. In the end it was okay but not great. The story is fairly predictable and very boring at times.
I listened to this on audiobook and the audiobook was decent. The narrator does a good job with character voices. However, this wasnt one I thought was great on audiobook...actually I was pretty ambivalent about it in general.
This is a pretty classic Clue type of story. Someone is killed in Dumfreys Dime Museum and a group of unusual children try to unravel the mystery of who killed them and why. Initially the increasing number of deaths is blamed on a curse from a shrunken head thats stolen from the museum. However the story ends up much more convoluted than that.
Our group of extraordinary pre-teens follow the clues through a number of mis-directions to unravel this increasingly deadly mystery. The end game though is fairly predictable given the foreshadowing throughout the book.
For some reason I had trouble engaging with the story. All the characters seemed a bit stereotypical. Additionally the story seemed more like a laying out of facts than an interesting story or mystery. I just didnt think it was all that interesting or all that well done.
Overall this was an okay middle grade who done it type of mystery.