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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Cozy. The plot did not stand out in any significant way. I'd hoped for more cat involvement.
Style of writing put me off. Extremely.
This was light and enjoyable - just what I wanted to while away a holiday afternoon.
I'm a total sucker for a book with a pretty cat on the cover but have no time at all for stories with cat-as-detective. I love cats and I want my cats to be real cats and on that score the author did pretty well. Though Diesel the Maine Coon at times comes across as cat-cum-new-age-healer, mostly he's just a great companion for his owner, widower and librarian Charlie Harris who gets drawn into a murder case involving a young man who lodges with him.
The mystery is done well; nobody likes the unpleasant sob who was murdered so there's a good list of suspects with hidden truths continuing to unravel as the story proceeds. However I remain unsure as to how some of the slighter suspects were supposed to have overpowered a large fit man.
I read it in a single sitting, it did what it said on the can, no complaints. I understand this is the author's first novel, if in the next we get as good a story with just a little less of humdrum daily life, just a little less niceness, just a tad less political correctness, I might just go to four stars.
Five stars for the cover by the way. It totally sold me the book.
I'm a total sucker for a book with a pretty cat on the cover but have no time at all for stories with cat-as-detective. I love cats and I want my cats to be real cats and on that score the author did pretty well. Though Diesel the Maine Coon at times comes across as cat-cum-new-age-healer, mostly he's just a great companion for his owner, widower and librarian Charlie Harris who gets drawn into a murder case involving a young man who lodges with him.
The mystery is done well; nobody likes the unpleasant sob who was murdered so there's a good list of suspects with hidden truths continuing to unravel as the story proceeds. However I remain unsure as to how some of the slighter suspects were supposed to have overpowered a large fit man.
I read it in a single sitting, it did what it said on the can, no complaints. I understand this is the author's first novel, if in the next we get as good a story with just a little less of humdrum daily life, just a little less niceness, just a tad less political correctness, I might just go to four stars.
Five stars for the cover by the way. It totally sold me the book.
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Actual Reading Time is 15.00 Hours
Actual Reading Time is 15.00 Hours
This was not bad, It’s just not the Type of cozy mystery I prefer.
Fun read. Love the premise of mystery solving librarian & cat duo.
Unfortunately, this was not a book about a cat solving a murder mystery. The cat just lays around the whole book being dragged around by the main character.
This is written by a middle-aged southern woman, and it reads exactly like that. This is written in first person, and what makes it funny is that the main character is a middle-aged man, but written by this woman. So the whole book the inner thoughts of the main character are those of a middle-aged woman, but it’s a man.
Also I figured out who it was pretty early. Needs more cat.
This is written by a middle-aged southern woman, and it reads exactly like that. This is written in first person, and what makes it funny is that the main character is a middle-aged man, but written by this woman. So the whole book the inner thoughts of the main character are those of a middle-aged woman, but it’s a man.
Also I figured out who it was pretty early. Needs more cat.
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No