Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats; Library Edition

from TiffanyHickox

This book was okay - just good enough for me to finish reading it. The plot moved kind of slow and was fairly predictable. The characters were not as fully developed as they could have been. It felt like I was watching a movie more than reading a book.

from gypsysmom

Although I love the idea of telepathic cats (and cats in general) I wasn't smitten by this book as I usually am by Anne McCaffrey's writing. I thought the writing style was more appropriate for YA fiction. I also found the bugs that are responsible for the cats becoming telepathic to be repellent...

from tehanu

Not a bad book, fun, easy read. Not McCaffrey at her best but sometimes a little Anne McCaffrey is better than nothing. A pleasant way to escape this world for an afternoon or evening. I am a little interested, though, in how she paints the world if the cats take over...

from svfreeman

As a cat owner, this book was enjoyable at times when a cat character's behavior envoked a sense of familar patterns with my own cats but overall the characterization and development was shallow. Many of the human characters were minor variations on other characters that were better presented in ...

from shaunesay

I have to agree with previous reviews on this one, it seems somewhat juvenile when compared to other Anne McCaffrey works. I was really hoping for more being the cat lover that I am. That said, it wasn't bad, I did enjoy it, I just wasn't as wowed as I had hoped to be. I will definitely go on to ...