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Summary: great book
Review: This is an excellent book for cat lovers. a great series of books. Witty and really fun to read. Very well done and cute.
Rating:
Summary: From a Cat Lover
Review: When I was in Third to Fourth grade I read A Cat Who Went to Paris. I fell in love with a cat named Norton, and a human, who put up with this regal feline's cat-titude. When I went to the bookstore and saw that he had a second book about the small cat, I spent all my christmas money (I was 11 and only had 15$ in my hands) on that book. I started reading it in the car with the interior light and began again, the adventures of Norton the Cat. From starting at the Superbowl all the way to going home after spending time abroad in Paris. I was yet again hooked. There were touching parts, and some parts which made you want to laugh. In fact the part where Norm and Peter and everyone was piled into the car and stuck in Italian traffic had me rolling for an hour. Even now I get a good chuckle out of it when I read it over again. I'll never forget the first time I heard that Norton had died. I was at the beauty shop reading People Magazine when I came across that article. I remember tears starting to burn in my eyes and people asking me what was wrong. When I showed them, they blamed it on me being a kid (I was 14). I'll never forget Norton nor Peter for the rest of my life.
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: While I loved "The Cat Who Went to Paris," I'm afraid I'll have to agree with Natja from San Francisco's review of "A Cat Abroad." Norton is definitely a bystander in this one, in which Mr. Gethers' focus is on himself, as he does lots of name-dropping (an unattractive habit, in my opinion) and shows, through almost constant self-back-patting and bemoaning the fact that people are more interested in Norton than they are in him (why doesn't anyone ever bring HIM any treats at hotels, booksignings, etc.?), his gargantuan ego. Or perhaps he's covering up some insecurity. Heavens. No wonder people prefer the cat. At any rate, his writing style in this book is not as good as it was in the previous Norton book. Lots of long, awkward sentences designed to house self-congratulatory information. I'm glad checked it out of the library instead of buying it. And by the way, I'm quite sure that when the French commented about Norton "Il est tres sage," they meant that he was very good, or well-behaved, not wise. I find Mr. Gethers' translation a bit bizarre. That said, I'm very sorry to hear that Norton died. He obviously brought a great deal to Mr. Gethers life, and I'm sorry that Mr. Gethers has lost his good friend Norton.
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