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Purrs and Peril (Norwegian Forest Café #1)
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A mystery for young readers
This is a hard book to rate. If it is aimed at readers older than 9, I'd give it a two, but for a younger audience it may be more of a four.
The cat character is the best! Smart and talented and acting like a familiar, though without a magic user. It was the cat that brought me into the book and kept me there.
The cafe customers were nicely unique and fairly well developed. I enjoyed meeting them, but wished I could know them better. The cafe owner and her cousin were hard workers but woefully unintelligent--irritatingly so--about the mystery and the people around them. The murderer used a clever method, but was otherwise equally unintelligent.
The mystery does lay out clues neatly and overall the story proceeds well at a steady, albeit slow, pace. The dialog suits the characters. It is a simple, uncomplicated story with no twists or surprises.
It's a quiet little read with a great cat, best for young readers.
This is a hard book to rate. If it is aimed at readers older than 9, I'd give it a two, but for a younger audience it may be more of a four.
The cat character is the best! Smart and talented and acting like a familiar, though without a magic user. It was the cat that brought me into the book and kept me there.
The cafe customers were nicely unique and fairly well developed. I enjoyed meeting them, but wished I could know them better. The cafe owner and her cousin were hard workers but woefully unintelligent--irritatingly so--about the mystery and the people around them. The murderer used a clever method, but was otherwise equally unintelligent.
The mystery does lay out clues neatly and overall the story proceeds well at a steady, albeit slow, pace. The dialog suits the characters. It is a simple, uncomplicated story with no twists or surprises.
It's a quiet little read with a great cat, best for young readers.
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September 17, 2023
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September 17, 2023
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