Book Review; ‘The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare’ by Lilian Braun
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.22, 2021, under Books
The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare by Lilian Jackson Braun
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
What a messy story. A slew of mysteries declared, large amount of deaths and significant destruction all while the “hero” Qwill seems lost as he meanders from one oral history interview after another. The diamond key in the story is glossed over, though in the title and pops up and ignored throughout the book until the last couple of pages. Should be obvious for those who know.
Seems Braun bit off more than she could chew and got lost along the way. I can see her base foundation of the story, after reading the book. I believe she started with that and went backward to create the story. While doing that, she dumps characters, new and old, into the plot and destroys structures only to back her base. Then doesn’t back any of that up with realistic reaction as her focus is the base, not a consistent story. Main characters has losses in this book and never seems to care.
Except he is always obsessed with the cats. I believe I’m a bit obsessive about cats, but his losses here are Huge and personal and he just doesn’t care. That’s ridiculous.
I love the intent of her base foundation of the story, but she badly botches the execution.
Bottom line: i don’t recommend this book. 4 out of ten points.
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