Curiosity House: The Screaming Statue audiobook

Just as exciting and endearing as the first book.I really enjoy the characters of this series - they make every book come to life. Sam is my favourite because he's so cute (despite his super strength and breaking things) but every character, even minor, has something that makes them stand out. No character blends into the background.The murder mystery of this was fun - and kept me guessing. I did not see the murderer coming, although it seems pretty obvious now. The continued suspicion and mystery around Rattigan and the kids' creation added another level of suspense too. I enjoyed the story - it's not too dark, not too lighthearted, and it's thoroughly memorable.Mystery, adventure, and characters you can't help but love. Another great installment.

I love this series so much. The cast is so good and I really hope these children get help from a therapist to deal with all the dead people they keep finding.

Wah saya speechless setelah membaca buku ini. Mau langsung bikin reviewnya tapi sudah tak sabar pengin lanjut baca buku ketiganya, ehehe.Jadi, di buku kedua ini, koran-koran sedang heboh karena ada kasus pembunuhan wanita cantik. Tersangka pembunuh adalah suaminya sendiri. Di duga motif pembunuhannya adalah karena sang suami cemburu istrinya dekat dengan pria lain. Mr. Dumpfrey menganggap kehebohan kasus ini bisa dimanfaatkan untuk ikut mendongkrak popularitas museum. Diorama lengkap yang menggambarkan adegan pembunuhan pun dibuat. Dengan bantuan dari pembuat patung lilin terbaik di kota. Namun sayangnya, anggapan Mr. Dumpfrey meleset. Tak ada satu pengunjung pun yang tertarik. Museum sepi dan diambang kebangkrutan. Masalah lain pun datang menyusul. Terjadi kecelakaan di berbagai atraksi penampil. Bahkan lemparan pisau Max pun meleset. Sam uring-uringan karena kehadiran penampil baru, seorang cowok berparas sempurna yang dapat memutar kepalanya 180 derajat. Dan si pembuat patung diorama ditemukan tewas terbunuh. Anak-anak kembali melibatkan diri untuk mencari si pembunuh. Hum..hum..berhasilkah mereka? Silakan baca sendiri bukunya, hihihi.IMO, di buku kedua ini misterinya lebih seru. Apalagi endingnya, wuih, bikin penasaran. Saya sampai malas menandai kutipan-kutipan favorit saking penasarannya sama ceritanya. At last, 4 dari 5 bintang untuk buku ini. I really liked it. .

The end was a tiny bit rushed imo buttt it still was verry good!! And some of the riddles where so hard to figure out 🥴

The title of this fictional and mysterious book is Curiosity House: The Screaming Statue. This is the second book in the new Curiosity House series by authors Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester. The book follows the four children from the last book, Max, Sam, Pippa, and Thomas. After escaping the hands of the last antagonist, Professor Rattigan, the children believe that their troubles are over. But, soon a good friend of theirs by the name Siegfried Eckelberger is murdered. As the children look for clues, they face both the mystery of Eckelberger's murder and its ties to the murder of a famous heiress, and the chance that their home, Dumfreys's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders, may be shut down forever. I think that this sequel to the first book was fantastic. It provided further development of each of the children and their importance to one another, gave excellent teasers and clues to the mystery of the murder of their friend, and it showed how these children are able to handle their own home being closed down forever. I really loved this book and almost everything about it. One thing was how the four children managed to stick together no matter what, even when at one point they were divided due to the museum possibly closing down. Pippa and Max couldn't get along and they constantly judged each other. Max and Sam fought because Sam didn't like that Max was hanging out with another boy named Howie at the museum. And Thomas couldn't really get anyone to help him focus on the mystery at hand. Still, the kids ended up helping each other solve the mystery, since they are really the only people they can truly trust. I also liked how suddenly events happened and reading how the kids handled. In one point in the story, Sam, Max, Pippa, and Thomas attacked by a group of street kids and they manage to defeat them with their abilities, such as Sam using his super strength to hurt the kids, which he did just by tapping them. I really hope this new series is carried on with lots of more books. I just loved how it showed that even children can solve some of the greatest crimes and mysteries that threaten to come into place. Their powers and skills help them overcome how different they are from everyone else and that they have their own family, just like regular citizens. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves to read fantasy or mystery books and loves a good bond between family.

The second in the series has the children desperately trying to save their beloved museum, and also fearful that someone will discover their secret.There’s a murder case that could be the answer to the museum’s poor sales, but it needs the help of their friend the renowned sculptor. Unfortunately, he ends up dead and we see that there is more to this situation than anyone has worked out.The children try their best to investigate, while dealing with the fears that infamous criminal Rattigan is on the loose.Everything ends up a little closer to home than they feared, but this is well-paced and hugely entertaining.

I haven't even finished the first book yet but I already know I want to read the next one. This seems like a promising new series!

Review:Protagonists: After discovering their troubling roots Pippa, Max, Sam, and Thomas just want things to go back to normal at Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders, but tickets aren't selling well and their only hope seems to be a new exhibit featuring the murder of a prominent New York socialite who seems by all accounts to have been killed by her husband in a jealous rage. However, before they know it their dear friend, Siegfried Eckleberger, is murdered and it seems to be connected in some way to their new exhibit. As they look deeper into this mystery everything is not quite what it appears. I have to say I really love these characters. It's very easy to get a grasp on these characters and see where they're going. Pippa's gifts are growing and yet it happens very gradually, there's no great surge of sudden power, but fleeting feelings and moments. Max becomes a bit distracted by a new member of the Dumfrey's Dime Museum family who isn't all well liked by the others. Sam, still unable to fully control his strength is full of angst, just wanting to be like everyone else, to have a pet or even open a door without risking pulling it off its hinges. Then there's Thomas, as curious as ever and in many ways the tie that binds this group. I loved seeing these characters grow and face challenges that while a bit different can still resonate with the reader.Romance: As with the first book in this series, there isn't a lot of romance, in fact, I'm skeptical to even call some of the stuff in this book romance. That being said, though, there are some romantic feelings floating around this cast of characters. It's all very innocent stuff that wouldn't make me hesitant to use the word "crush." There's a bit of a Middle-Grade love triangle in this book as well, but it's done in such a way that makes it obvious where things may eventually go. I really enjoyed the small spatterings of romance through this story. It never detracts from the story and as I said before it's all very innocent blushes of new feelings for the kids involved and so I'm not sure where it'll go or if it will even come to anything before the series comes to a close, but either way it's so far been spectacularly done.World Building: So I looked back at my review for the first installment in this series and I have no idea what I was thinking. In that review I said there wasn't a lot of world building, however, there's a whole lot of it in both that book and this one. I think where my mind was, was that the author wrote a fantastic 1950's-ish setting but there wasn't a lot of this unique part of this world expanded upon. The origin story of the children is a bit muddy (from what I can remember) and while the makeshift family in the Curiosity House is fantastic, it comes off a bit underwhelming. In this book a lot of those problems are still there, although the world is expanded upon, it feels very isolated to this one installment. It's been a while since I read the previous installment, so maybe there's some mention of the events and people that seem to be introduced in this installment, and if they are I take back what I am going to say, but there's a lot introduced in this book that feels like it deserves some sort of, at the very least casual, mention in the previous installment, otherwise the two stories have a weird unseen division between them. I found the further world building a bit underwhelming for the second book in a trilogy. I was expecting big surprises and twisted revelations but while there were some great twists, which I'll get to in a moment, there wasn't a whole lot of meat to this story. Don't get me wrong it's extremely entertaining, but it just feels lacking as a prominent fixture in this trilogy.Predictability: As I said above this book does a good job to throw twists in the way of the story. There are a lot of moving parts to this story and because of that, there's a lot of possibilities for where the story can go and what the possible twists could be. That being said there's one twist that while incredibly well concealed, was a tad underwhelming. I was hoping for something more elaborate and again, while the author did do a great job at covering her tracks so the surprise would be a good one, I just wish there was something a bit more complex going on. I know this is a middle-grade book, but even so, there could have been some other facet of the story, some greater plan that could have still been accessible to a younger reading group.Ending: As seems to be the theme of this story there's a lot to the ending that feels underwhelming, that being said though as the story comes to a close there are some fantastic little surprises that genuinely caught me off guard and helped round out this book just a tad more. The final climax of the story was very well done and had a very cinematic feel to that defining climactic moment, and the cooldown period is where things start to come together again. With a lot of the moving parts to this story out of play, things become clearer and some really interesting red herrings come to light. I did truly like how this story ended in a way that settles things down for a while and there isn't some over the top crazy cliffhanger to make readers go crazy for nearly a year. Rating:I did really enjoy this story, it's a wonderfully written and nicely paced mystery, I just wish it wowed me more and felt a bit more cohesive. It's still a great addition to this trilogy and I'm excited to see where the story will go in the grand finale.

There were some minor continuity issues between this and the first one, but not huge enough to really notice. I think I only did because I listened to them back-to-back. Man, I love these kids.

I loved this story. I read it without my kids, but would certainly recommend it to middle grade readers. The whole series is well written. I love the mystery and the fun of the unique characters.

I definitely love this second series of Curiosity House! Full review coming up on my blog

Lauren Oliver is back, with another adorable and mysterious entry in the Curiosity House series. If you'll recall, I was pretty head over heels for the first book in this series. The fact that this is a Depression era mystery, set up for Middle Grade readers, never ceases to impress me. However it's really the characters themselves that keep me coming back. Sam, Pippa, Max, and Thomas are just the cutest little ragtag group of detectives that there ever was. I don't care how many books there end up being in this series. I'll read them all. I admit that The Screaming Statue was perhaps a smidgen less exciting than the first book. Mainly, this was because there's a lot more introspection into our characters and so not quite as much action. Honestly though, that ended up being a wonderful thing. I learned so much about their hopes, their dreams, and their fears. Lauren Oliver does a wonderful job of addressing the fact that a family doesn't necessarily need to be blood. The bonds built between these characters were strong, and the ending of the story only brought them closer together. I couldn't help but sigh a bit, for the happiness of it all. Since I was a young reader, I've always loved stories that aren't afraid to tackle how scary the world can be sometimes. I think Lauren Oliver has perfected the art of doing just that. Her characters are wonderfully vivid and full of personality. However, at the end of the day, they're also just human. They may have amazing abilities, but they're still just kids who are scared sometimes and hurt sometimes. They're mortal. I love that, and I love these books! I'm eager for more.

Yep, these four awesomely extraordinary kids are at it again. The second book in the series added some further depth to the characters, keeping the reader invested in the story. For instance, turns out Max does have some heart. We continue to delve into their mysterious past and Rattigan is as terrifying as ever. Which, I'm not going to lie, (spoiler alert!) I was a bit upset at the end because of him—a good upset, you know, like a I-need-the-next-book-now-please upset.Which brings me to the story itself. This one was a bit tidier than the first—not so many murders and clues thrown at you—but I sure got depressed by the continuing tragic saga of whether or not Dumfrey's museum would have the funds to survive. Plus the drama between the residents...it all created a rather stressful subplot. A minor, personal-preference complaint, really. Overall, a fantastic follow up to book one. I'd definitely recommend the series thus far.

This was a great book!! I totally called the villain, well, half of it anyways. I think all the characters were great and I look forward to the next one. This book is recommended to any who are looking for a mystery within a mystery within a mystery!!!!

** spoiler alert ** THERE'S A DEAD AGAIN!It still feels annoyed dealing with the police, detectives, as well as annoying reporters. Indirectly, "Museum of the Strange But Real Dumfrey" again dragged into a murder case⁣Freckles was killed. A friend is also a grandfather to Sam and his friends die. His house was burglarized, it became very messy. Surprise! The house has 3 anti-intruder locks. Dumfrey was the last to see Freckles for the statue "Crimes of the Century". However, Dumfrey didn't know anything⁣Sam, Pippa, Thomas and Max suspect someone. Sol - Sticky Finger - someone who was jailed for 10 years for breaking into a bank and was arrested because a statue made by Freckles so similar to him made it easy for the police. Sol vowed to kill Freckles as soon as he was free⁣However, Dumfrey forbids children to look for the killer⁣What is wrong? Does Dumfrey know anything? Or is it something to do with the crazy Rattingan? Sol said, he did not dare to kill even the smallest creature⁣***** ⁣⁣This second novel takes place a few months after The Shrunken Head case is over. Some of the characters in the previous novels have diminished, such as Evan and Pots who died, or Pheobe and Hugo who married⁣There are also new characters, such as Lash who replaced Pots, or the appearance of Howie, the owl man whose head can rotate 360 ​​° and always makes Sam annoyed.⁣⁣Like his first book, this new character also has strong characteristics and characteristics⁣Ah it looks like the character in this novel is indeed strong. The figure in the 1st book, although in the 2nd book is not very elaborated on its nature, it seems that the aura of the characters is still felt. (?) ⁣"All humans are monsters. The only crime is to pretend that we are not monsters." p. 290.⁣⁣I don't know why, reading this second book feels heavy, long, and has evaporated several times. The taste of this novel does not seem to enter my heart. (Gosh, Zao!) Maybe, I'm the one with a lot of thoughts or stories that seem slow-slowed. I don't know⁣Although several serial killings are presented. I don't feel the tension too much. I was even more wary when Sam fell to the concrete or Thomas fell to the rails in the 1st book. So, knowing the first book is very interesting, I had a big expectation for the second book. (Hopefully the 3rd book doesn't disappoint me later.) ⁣⁣In the second book, the impression of the detective feels better. The ways in which Thomas investigates the killer himself, the puzzle is presented smoothly (Even the answer is very subtle. Ah, several times, the things that guide the murderer I can guess a few pages before Thomas managed to guess it too.) The mystery is not too gripping, so even though it's a detective story, it's very light to read. Unfortunately, the viewer squabbling scenes that occur repeatedly make me bored⁣However, even though I said it was not as pleasant as his first book, the ending of this second book made me want to read his third book immediately. (Hopefully Rattingan does not act anymore) ⁣⁣But, the most important thing. In this novel I learned that being open and trusting the people closest to you is important. Finding new friends is good, but it doesn't make a reason for you to ignore your good friends. Because your best friend, is someone who understands you. Although annoying, often making trouble, and provoking anger, it is a form of their love for you. (EAKKKKS) ⁣⁣4/5 for Frekless, the little cat that Max hid in the ceiling. (Hopefully Sam doesn't crush his little bones because he's too annoyed with Frekless) ⁣