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Guidall, the veteran audio reader who's read countless Cat Who books, returns for another foray into the goings-on in the tiny town of Pickax, "400 miles from anywhere." Guidall's versatile voice creates a whole town of characters: a glamorous, pretentious interior designer; a fluttery librarian; gravelly columnist James Quilleran (the protagonist); and a new character, elderly Thelma Thackeray, a former Moose County resident returning after six decades in Hollywood. As usual, the mild mystery (who kidnapped Thelma's prize parrots; and was the death of Thelma's brother, an elderly veterinarian, from natural causes or by murder?) takes a backseat to the pleasure of simply spending time in the company of dry, witty Quilleran, his clever cats Yum-Yum and Koko and his eccentric friends and neighbors. Fans of the series will happily settle down with headphones for this 25th entry.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.


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This is the twenty-fifth volume of these intensely mild-mannered mysteries: it is hard to conceive of a more dulcet whodunit. Local columnist Qwilleran--Qwill, our hero--is immensely wealthy but funnels it through a foundation; lives in Pickax, Moose County, 400 miles north of anywhere; and dates the town librarian (although she's about to throw that over because libraries aren't about books anymore; Qwill's foundation is going to set her up in a bookstore). Thelma Thackeray, in her 80s, comes back to Pickax after a long Hollywood career in food. She's turning the old opera house into a revival movie theater, sparks a few other local delights, but can't seem to get her ne'er-do-well nephew to do well at all. Qwill plugs away at old lies and a death in Thelma' s family. We learn stuff through his newspaper column and his journal entries, and through the responses of his Siamese cat, Koko. All the murders are offstage: the fun part is in food, clothing, and the quotidian joys of small-town life; there's no sex and barely a whiff of technology. How can one fail to be amused by naming conventions that include local weatherman Wetherby Goode? GraceAnne DeCandido
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2.0étoiles sur 5 An era has ended, Mai 18 2004
Par Un client
This review is from: Cat Who Brought Down The House (Paperback)
While I deeply respect Ms. Braun and have so greatly enjoyed the wonderful characters she brought to life in the Cat Who series, it now seems painfully obvious that she now has little if anything to do with the actual story developments in the newest entries in this series. And what is worse is that apparently no editors are available to clean up the writing, punctuation, and grammar in what is being published. Even when past plot lines were easily deciphered, the dialog among the many characters and the antics of Koko and Yum Yum were more than sufficient to make the read very enjoyable. Alas that is not true in this entry and the rapid attempt to close out the last chapter is the most disappointing of all. Perhaps it is time to allow the era of entertaining mysteries in Moose County to end and not drag the memory down with inferior editions.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Time to wrap it all up..., Avril 10 2004
Par Mark H. Rosengarten "geocacher" (Wallkill, NY USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Cat Who Brought Down The House (Hardcover)
When the editor misses two entire pages where the writing lapses completely into first person and then reverts back (and it was not within Qwill's journal entry) and with so many meaninless forays that seem to be gratuitous for sentimentality's sake, I hate to think of where this series is heading. IMHO, this series reached its peak with "The Cat Who Moved A Mountain" and "The Cat Who Wasn't There" and has seriously declined in plot and writing quality over the last four books or so. I was a major fan of Qwill and his world, but I have to say, sad as it is, that I just don't care much anymore. The fire has gone out and this book has helped douse those flames. I am not even finished with it yet...I have about 1/4 of it yet to go, but I already see where this is going. It's not quite as meaningless as the last book, but it is quite close. The substance in this story seems superficial, and I am going to have to fight to finish this off.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Ready to put it to rest, Mars 16 2004
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This review is from: Cat Who Brought Down The House (Paperback)
After 25 years of reading "The Cat Who" books, I'm ready to put Qwill out to pasture. While this book has a much better plot than the other latest 3 or 4, the writer or ghostwriter, seems to have just gotten tired and leaves out the details or entire convesations that made the early books such treasures. For instance, Koko does his death cry only once out of 3 deaths; his death cry signals the first murder but then apparently Koko sleeps through the last, most important two deaths. This book has sparks of the old Lilian and sets up some interesting things that could happen in the next book, but in response to her asking whether or not to make it 26 mysteries, "No". I'll miss Qwill but I want to remember him as he was and not the shadow he and Koko are becoming.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 for Moose County fans - 3 for anyone else
Jim Qwilleran (Qwill to his friends) is a wealthy bachelor who writes a newspaper column for the local paper. Read more
Publié le Fév 12 2004 par Jeanne Tassotto

1.0étoiles sur 5 Very Dissapointing
I've read every Braun book and really enjoyed the first 10 or so but this was the worst one of all. From the 40th page of so you know who did it all and you read it just to find... Read more
Publié le Fév 11 2004

2.0étoiles sur 5 The Cat who brought down the House
Having been a fan of Lillian Jackson Braun for as long as the "Cat Who" series have been out, I am disappointed with this latest book. Read more
Publié le Janv. 7 2004 par Tina Planzer

2.0étoiles sur 5 Not a Personal Favorite
I've been a fan of the Cat Who series for about twelve years now; I own quite a few of the earlier volumes, and have read every one of them, first to last. Read more
Publié le Nov. 23 2003 par Amanda M. Hayes

5.0étoiles sur 5 Qwill's twenty-fifth appearance
James Qwilleran, his romantic interest, librarian Polly Duncan, and his cats Koko and Yum Yum, as well as all the usual characters populating "north of everywhere" Moose County,... Read more
Publié le Nov. 9 2003 par Karen Sampson Hudson

2.0étoiles sur 5 Not a very good book
THE CAT WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE by Lilian Jackson Braun

I would like to preface this review by saying that anyone who has not read these books before should avoid reading THE... Read more

Publié le Oct. 7 2003 par Ratmammy

2.0étoiles sur 5 Sweet but dull
If you are looking for a mystery this is not the book you want to read. This is more of a soothing story to put one in a comatose state of sorts. Read more
Publié le Sep 24 2003 par Enoki

4.0étoiles sur 5 A Cozy Quarter Century
It has been a long time (possibly 24 years) since anyone has read a Lilian Braun mystery story for the mystery. Read more
Publié le Juil 26 2003 par Marc Ruby™

2.0étoiles sur 5 No mystery to this mystery
Same lovable characters. But poor story line. No twist in the plot, no long list of possible bad guys. You know from the beginning "who done it". Read more
Publié le Juil 14 2003 par Betty L Loukas

1.0étoiles sur 5 Into the Litter box with this one! PeeYoo!!!
This is what a bored, burned-out woman writes instead of a story!

Now she just wants to gush about decor and the snobbish foods
eaten by all those backwoods boobs in Pickaxe,... Read more

Publié le Juil 10 2003 par TrustBC

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