Kat scratch Reviews

  So, anyone who knows me, knows I hate “A Simple Favor". Well, I have officially found a book that I can confidently say I hate more!   Spoiler Warning! The first of the James Bond series, written by Ian Fleming, who was a British spy in WW2. Casino Royale opens with James Bond getting ready for a long night of gambling the 1/3 is just him in the casino. The first act is just about gambling, the narrator even spends a long time explaining the rules to a game called baccarat which is important if you don't know how to play blackjack or 21 just the goal is 9 instead of 21. So, our protagonist spends the first act being very haughty and upset that his boss assigned him a partner who is also a woman! Why would a woman be working? (insert sarcastic gasp) (And honestly, I question why his boss sent her since she does absolutely nothing.) I mean how dare a boss make decisions about how you should do something! (sarcasm) Mainly Bond is upset that she's female and attracti...

  I read this right after the original Pride & Prejudice and all I can say is that it falls short of the original. You know how sometimes you might take a dish and repackage it as "disassembled". Example: Sushi bowl is all the ingredients in a bowl and not wrapped in nori. This felt like if you took those same ingredients and put them in a blender in an attempt to make something original. Yeah, it's what I know repackaged, but is it done well, or at least enjoyable? Please don't misunderstand me I think it’s amazing to take an old classic and add diversity, but this book takes a slow burn romance and has the two-lead falling in love and fighting every other scene which is just draining. Also, in the original Eliza hated Darcey for legitimate reasons, here Zuri Benitez hates Darius Darcey because he's rich. He hasn't said anything, he hasn't done anything, and he doesn't have to; she just hates him on principle for existing and she's incredibl...

  Here is a literary classic that is worthy of the title. My mother loves Jane Austin movies and has multiple versions of almost every book. For whatever reason as a teen, I couldn't get into reading this, but I listened to the audiobook and it was worth it.   The Summery (Spoilers; but who doesn't know this story?) The Bennets are a middle-class family in the early 1800s with 5 daughters. The next estate, Netherfield Park has been bought by a rich single man, Mr. Bingley. At the next social gathering, Jane (the oldest Bennet girl) and Mr. Bingley are immediately enamored but Bingly brought his sisters, Brother-in-law, and BFF, Mr. Darcey (who's even richer). However, Darcey looks down on these middle-class folks for elitist reasons, also he’s' uncomfortable in new social situations, and without thinking he insults our main character Elizabeth Bennet (the 2nd Bennet sister). Eliza decides she can't stand him and looks for additional reasons to hate him. A fe...

  Follow Cather as she awkwardly tries to navigate college life as she continues her Simon Snow (knock-off Harry Potter) obsession with her fanfiction writing. She has a twin sister Wren who is all too happy to be independent of her twin and be "grown-up" as she goes to parties and bars. Cather, on the other hand, struggles at first with her independence, especially since she isn't close to her roommate, Reagan and her roommate's boyfriend, Levi is always there smiling and being somewhat annoying. Cather is 18 but has the emotional maturity of an 8-year-old: for her, almost everything is black and white. And because she's just so inexplicitly talented and the main character she gets literally everything she wants with almost no consequences for her inaction.   Summary (Spoilers): Their mom left when they were 8: also, she (the mom) wasn't expecting twins so she split up the name Catherine among both of them (that was the first clue your mama doesn’t lo...

H.G. Wells takes you back in time to Victorian England where a nameless Nobleman has invented a time machine. Side Note: no one gets a name just identifiers like the journalist or very oddly the Medical man (does he mean med student, doctor, or a pathologist? We don't know and it's weird to me.) Because of this I thought the main focus would be on the time machine itself and the outcomes or theories related to time traveling but once the "Time Traveller" actually goes to the future it turns into a commentary on society and how the elite need to be careful about their status; if they get too comfortable that the poor will turn against them. Which is cool, I guess, but because we spent almost no time getting to know the characters I also don't care about their plight or problems. (Also, that lesson I feel is extremely apparent if you just look at the French Revolution.) The Narrator at some point gets scared and is running around like a crazy person and I feel abs...

  Book 3 of the Hercule Poirot series follows Poirot on many small adventures that are completely independent. This was a fast read however, I'm personally not a fan of compilations of multiple stories "book". The writing style is good, adventures are interesting although I must warn you there is a chapter where a woman thinks her son is cursed by an ancient pharaoh and Poirot genuinely believes in the supernatural and uses a pentagram to ward off some "evil" spirit. If you're interested in that kind of thing enjoy, if not feel free to skip that chapter, like I did. This book gets 2,5 stars out of 5 from me. Kat K out-