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Seeing a Large Cat (Paperback)

by Elizabeth Peters (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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Elizabeth Peters's books about Egyptologist Amelia Peabody are like longer, more literate versions of those letters some relatives send to keep people up to date on their family adventures. They're also lively feminist spoofs on the two-fisted Victorian adventure novels that inspired the Indiana Jones films. In this ninth book in the Peabody series, it's 1903, and Amelia and her clan--irascible husband Emerson, fearless son Ramses, gorgeous ward Nefret--are in Cairo, dealing with everything from mummies (both the ancient and more recent varieties) to affairs of the heart. Previous Peabody paperbacks include The Hippopotamus Pool and The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Amelia Peabody and family begin the 1903 "digging" season in Egypt with the usual anticipation. At least two pleas for help and a mysterious warning about a Valley of the Kings tomb, however, complicate life and lead to the expected dangerous adventure. Essential reading from a pro.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed!, Jul 6 2004
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This review is from: Seeing a Large Cat (Mass Market Paperback)
I am a huge fan of the Amelia Peabody Series, but this is the last book I will read in it. I have to agree with the other negative reviews. This is the first one that didn't really seem like the good old reliable Peabody novel. I agree that Nefret is simply annoying and too much a focus of the book, to the detriment of developing Ramses. What happened to Ramses's great personality??? The "Manuscript H" added very little to the story or the characterizations. In fact it was boring: compare that to the hilarity of Ramses's letters in Snake, Crocodile and Dog! None of the spark and wit was there.
Ramses did't even seem like the same person. Emerson has been shunted to the background and rendered totally minor. The great humor of the previous books seems completely gone. I've always thought the only thing this series had going for it was the humor and the characterizations: without that, it just becomes kind of rote and dull.
In fact, this book was so lacking inthe usual Peabody charm that I seriously wonder if someone else wrote it, or Ms. Peters/Mertz just couldn't care less anymore.

Still the first 8 in the series are wonderful reads I will always cherish.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Splendid new direction for a long-running series, Jan 22 2004
By Robert P. Inverarity (Silicon Valley, California, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seeing a Large Cat (Mass Market Paperback)
The Peabody series rebounds after the uneven Hippopotamus Pool, but rather than returning to the tone of the pre-Nefret books, it takes off in a new direction. The "children"-- calculating Ramses, gutsy Nefret, and gentle David-- come into their own here, though sixteen-year old Ramses still, at times, seems older than his two comrades combined. Peters allows the readers access to the minds of these three through the device of "Manuscript H," which provides a welcome contrast to Amelia's familiar but none too reliable way of recounting events.

This volume has a smaller cast of characters than some of its predecessors; a handful of familiar faces is balanced by a handful of new ones, but the mystery benefits rather than suffers from this reduced cast. It's a unique case this time, with no pesky journalists needed to lend the events an air of exoticism. The juxaposition of a medium, her delusional client, a five-year-old disappearence and a highly unconventional mummy create a blend of a genuinely interesting plot and the characterization and dialogue at which Peters excels.

Darkness begins to creep into this once-lighthearted (in spite of all the murders) series, as foreshadowed conflict between the three children builds to premonitory images of doom at the novel's end. In other words, proceed directly to The Ape Who Guards the Balance if you want answers... though you may not like what you find.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Peters does it again, Jul 31 2003
By Cheryl A. Pelletier "davina0000" (Hockley, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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E. Peters does it again - she's funny and savy and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Wonderful read - excellent addition to your library.
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2.0 out of 5 stars I don't believe I finish this book
If you think that in this book you will read something interesting about the ancient Egypt, you are completely wrong, the main story of the book is the diary of Amelia Peabody,... Read more
Published on Mar 13 2003 by Jorge Frid

5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful find
This is the first book in the series that I read. What a wonderful enjoyment! I actually listened to the story on tape on my way to and from work and discovered that it was not... Read more
Published on Sep 22 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars begining of a series of 4!
i really liked Seeing a Large Cat... because Ramses got growed up!! This is really cool, because in all the previous books u kinda grow up with Ramses and your there with all his... Read more
Published on Aug 10 2002 by Leanna Wiley

2.0 out of 5 stars Amelia Peabody - Mystery solver???
This was my first and probably last Amelia Peabody mystery I shall read. Peabody is a nosy, verbose, upper class English Egyptologist famous for solving mysteries. Read more
Published on Oct 11 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Fun
After reading some of the reviews for this book I am inclined to ask if they got it. This series has never been about hardcore mystery so much as mystery-lite with tons of... Read more
Published on April 4 2001 by apemerson

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun fluff
This is a fun, quick read...perfect for a plane ride or a lazy afternoon. It's a historic, aristocratic murder mystery... Read more
Published on Oct 5 2000 by vintage_girl

1.0 out of 5 stars Seeing a Large Cat
I finally finished this tedious and unimaginative "book." If there were a possibility to rate this lower, I would. Read more
Published on May 6 2000 by pjthompson

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Gad! Let's not move so slow!
An anonymous warning, a desperate plea for help from an old friend, and a mysterious attack on her son serve as the prelude for Amelia Peabody latest adventure in the deserts of... Read more
Published on May 2 2000 by David Edwards

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book with some Flaws
With a combination of an interesting cast of characters and a variety of plot twists, Elizabeth Peters' makes "Seeing A Large Cat" one entertaining mystery book recommendable to... Read more
Published on May 2 2000 by Vay Lu

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great.
This is the first of the novels by Elizabeth Peters that I have read and although I thought it was a great book, I feel that it will be the only one I read in a long time... Read more
Published on May 2 2000 by Tim Lin

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