Reviews

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House by Larry Keys, Matt Wolf, Elisabetta Dami, Geronimo Stilton

rmorabia's review against another edition

wow look I'm finally reading children's books at the pace they should be read at.

granted, this one was a lot better than the first two.

lohn's review against another edition

4.0

Listened to as an audiobook on Libby.

miamollekin's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

3.0

When I was in Year 4, there was this random week where literally everyone was obsessed with Geronimo Stilton. It was just our year, but it was intense. It was almost impossible to find a copy of any of the books around Mona Vale. There used to be mini bookgroups, led by my mate Jeffrey, where we'd make up ideas for new Geronimo Stilton books, read the original ones together, even genuine literary discussions (as much as they can be with a bunch of 10-year-olds). It was the best thing ever, but it died over the weekend and no one knew why.
Geronimo Stilton is the shit. I am buying these bad boys second hand and rereading them and I have no regrets. Geronimo Stilton was my school's Animorphs.

leaflibrary's review

2.0

Read aloud in a single sitting to the 5 and 8 year old I take care of. It was a little too spooky for "scaredy mice" like them, and way too repetitive for me. Chapter after chapter after chapter of the EXACT SAME THING: Geronimo wandering off, getting scared, his family rushing in, and the evidence disappearing. The various tricks were fine, but we didn't need the same ghost to appear FOUR TIMES, just to have the same thing happen. Every other chapter, Geronimo repeats, "Oh, how I wished I was home!" and one-third of the chapters end with some variation of "Benjamin scribbled something in his notebook."

This was also the first Geronimo Stilton book I've read that's featured cats, and it left me with a lot of questions. First, why did these two tiny kittens live alone in this ramshackle mansion? We learn a lot about the original Cannycats, but how (aside from last name) are these two related to their progenitors? And most glaringly, why don't they age? It's cute that Benjamin Mouse makes friends with one kitten, but what size would she be when they return the following year? If this mansion was built for cats, why is everything scaled for mice? How do we know that the fake haunted house wouldn't turn into a real life horror show when the full-grown cats grow up and get hungry? Why does Geronimo believe there aren't any cats left on Mouse Island - what happened to them, and what does it mean that a few remain? Are any of these issues ever addressed in other Stilton books??