42 reviews for:

The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency

Mandy Morton

2.83 AVERAGE

helenephoebe's review against another edition

4.0

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Review - This was a great book to read during lockdown, it was lovely and light and funny. There were some great plays on words with things related to cats. The characters were all likeable and the book made me giggle throughout. If you're looking for something serious, even cosy crime that's a bit more serious then this isn't for you, but if you want something really light and funny to get you through a difficult patch then this is the book for you!

Genre? - Cosy Crime

Characters? - Hettie Bagshot / Tilly Jenkins / Nurse Mogadon / Poppa / Oralia Claw / Betty Butter / Jessie / Mr Malkin / Mr Sprinkle

Setting? - England

Series? - No. 2 Feline Detective Agency #1

Recommend? – Yes

Rating - 15/20

debbiesummers's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

courtneyd92's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

aub_reads's review

4.0

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I liked it, but it is definitely more of a "casual rainy/beach day" style read. It was amusing to imagine a society where cats are existing in place of humans. I got through it quickly and I liked the characters. Would probably read more in the series. I did not like the final few chapters, personally. Too much happening too fast for a slow paced book of 300 pages.

shajila's review against another edition

3.0

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This was really hard to continue reading - the concept(cat detectives) was lovely but most of the characters were boring. I did like Tilly (the main detective's assistant) but that's it. I would have preferred it if the book focused on the bakers who the detectives lived with, rather than the old cat home mystery. The ending was a little interesting but not really worth the effort it takes to get there

amielizabeth's review

3.0

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If you need a bubblebath for your brain, go and read this right meow. It's very cute, a little slow. Oddly comforting. I'll take a book on a world run by cats anytime.

coffee_and_chapters's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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 Not as enjoyable as i thought - even though I am a cat lover!!!

I read this as I accidentally bought the fifth book in the series, so I thought I would try this one but it is not really that great!
 

whatvictoriaread's review against another edition

3.0

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Hettie and Tilly have just set up their detective agency when they get a call that bodies have been snatched from local graveyard.

Can they get to the bottom of what’s going on and still be home in time for tea?

I really enjoyed this fun, cleverly written and surprisingly dark mystery story in which all of the characters are cats!

There are some excellent descriptions of food, some good twists and turns and this first book in the series does a great job of setting up the world and introducing us to the characters.

There are some stereotypes that made me a little bit uncomfortable (the book is a few years old now) and I think the pace slowed a bit in a couple of places but this is a series that I will be continuing and I’m looking forward to more!

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-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: Yes

abbie234's review against another edition

2.75

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes