Kat scratch Reviews

  I finally got around to reading this American classic, written by Louisa May Alcott and now I understand why it is a classic.   By today's standards this book may seem a bit boring and possibly preachy but when given the complete context it's ground-breaking.  Alcott created a world where the main characters weren't just women living alongside the men, they were the focus and the men were in the background barely influencing the plot, even in their own homes. The book begins with the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth sitting by the fire talking about how they won't get presents this year for Christmas. Then they start talking about how much they miss their father who is fighting in the American Civil War and how they wished they could do something. Above all else, restless Jo hates feeling so useless.   They have very distinct personalities. Meg likes fancy things (is a bit of a prima donna) and is the pretty older sister, Jo is the outspoken tom-boy who...

     Agatha Christie's debut novel is a murder mystery and the first in the Hercule Poirot series.  Our narrator is Captain Hastings as he visits friends while on military leave during the first world war. While visiting his friend he tells that after the war he would like to become a private detective since he has a "natural talent" for it. The next day the owner of the house (his friend's stepmom) is murdered. Everyone immediately suspects her young husband, Mr. Inglethorp. Hastings immediately calls for the best detective he knows, Hercule Poirot, a Belgian refugee.  Poirot feeling indebted to the late Mrs. Inglethorp's kindness to refugees gets to work in solving her murder.      I read this book when I was 16 for the first time and I kept notes because I was determined to solve the murder with Poirot, and I was still wrong! I'm just not good at solving mysteries. Anyway, for a debut novel, this is highly intelligent, interesting, and just ...

     Red Queen is a postapocalyptic young adult novel (the first in the Red Queen series). So, in this universe some people are reds, regular people and some are silvers. Silvers have silver blood, superpowers that are passed down genetically, and all the economic and governing power as well.        Our main character is Mare Barrow a 17-year-old female red almost finished with high school and no career prospects which means she will forcefully be enlisted in the army like her 3 older brothers before her. She has a younger sister, Gisa with talent and a job so she will not be enlisted when she's of age.      Gisa helps her with breaking into a rich district that she would ordinarily not be able to get into. Well, when she does the "Red Guard" bomb the capital and play a video taking responsibility. The silvers are not happy about this and a riot breaks out and Mare's sister gets injured in the process and therefore can't finish her appre...

  This was an audiobook I listened to on Scribd. I enjoyed the reader and the story immensely. The reader not only captured the southern accent well that one felt transported to the South, but she had a great variety of voices in her inventory that almost each character sounded unique.              The Story begins with Josephine Bell, a house slave in the year 1852. Josephine can no longer endure her lot in life and has decided to flee to the North.   The other story follows Lina a modern-day lawyer, who has just been handed an interesting and possibly life-changing case, reparations for slavery. As the story progresses you see how they are connected and how Lina is influenced by Josephine.      The author relies heavily on exposition, hardly anything is done; mostly characters tell Lina something and that's how she mainly gets to the truth. This style can get frustrating for some I found it alright but n...

       I am glad that this book has " simple " in the title because the only way I can describe this book is simple! As in written about and possibly for simpletons.      The book begins with Blogger-mom Stephanie talking about her best friend, Emily, and her recent disappearance. So, Stephanie is asking the "Mom community" to help her find Emily and to keep their eyes open. As the story progresses Stephanie takes care of Emily's son Nicky and helps Emily's husband Sean. The first-person narration is shared between Stephanie, Emily, and Sean.      Without spoiling it for anyone who wants to read it I'll say this: Stephanie is so gullible to the point that it infuriated me. Emily is presented as highly intelligent but only seems that way because every other character in the book is dense, and Sean is spineless and selfish.      I found the premise of the book interesting: Blogger mom in the middle of a mystery thrille...

  Hello, I'm Kat. This is a place for me to tell my opinions about things I've read and watched in the past or very recently. I am not a professional, I'm merely opinionated and passionate. My family is convinced that since I spend a lot of time over-analyzing everything I should be a reviewer of some sort so here I go.    I intend to review mainly books but movies and tv-shows are fair game as well. Suggestions are more than welcome especially because it means someone is actually reading what I've written and posted.  Please like, comment, and keep reading. Kat K out-