Johnny Dixon: The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt (Paperback)

from themulhern

The second book in the Johnny Dixon series. Just like Lewis Barnevelt, Johnny gets a friend. And there is sinister goings on, but no enchanted objects.

from librarybrandy

I wanted to love this, never having read John Bellairs before, but... eh. It didn't light my world on fire. The ending didn't address many of the questions I had... I dunno. I'll probably read more, but this sadly didn't wow me.

from StormRaven

The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt, set in New England during the Korean War, is the second installment in Bellairs' Johnny Dixon/Professor Childermass mysteries. The book's cover bills it as "the sequel to The Curse of the Blue Figurine", and given that the first book had an Egyptian-tinged myst...

from NurseBob

This second book in the series is decidedly darker dealing as it does with corpses, demons, and serious illness, and Bellairs doesn't shy away from a child's fears of death and abandonment. But all these things only add to its macabre charm. I would have loved this as a kid; as an adult I can sti...

from bnewcomer

Oh man oh man -- John Bellairs: still great. Five stars might be overkill, but I really enjoyed this one. The writing kind of reminds me of a more subdued Roald Dahl, if he were more focused on supernatural Gothic horror, etc. The trademarks are all there: cantankerous old adults, goofy (disgrunt...