Review by Amady_20 -- Diary of a Snoopy Cat by R.F. Kristi

[Amady_20]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Diary of a Snoopy Cat" by R.F. Kristi.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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The Diary of a Snoopy Cat by R. F. Kristi is a children’s book about a series of detective adventures of a group of friends comprised of cats, dogs and a hamster. Inca, a Siberian cat together with her family and friends solve cases to help their human guardians. She moves with her family from Paris to London where she meets other cats and dogs and together they form a detective company. Inca fantasizes on becoming the world’s smartest cat detective and notes every snoopy adventure in her diary. Will the unlikely team of detectives hep her to become the detective cat par excellence? Will Solo, a world famous detective, his assistant Hobbs and detective dog Terrence find their neighbour and friend, Raoul, who went missing while climbing Mount Everest and bring him back to his family? Will the detective team help Ned to retain the house he had been left when Mr. Finchley passed on or will Cyril destroy Mr. Finchley’ written will and kick Ned out of the house?

My favourite part of the story is when Polo helps Raoul to regain his memory and he is finally reunited with his wife Senora Conchita in an emotional, heartwarming scene. I love that the author introduces the main characters so you understand their demeanour along the story. The picture illustrations are clever and the author manages to give a vivid description of the different events. The text is casual and easy to read. The book has good lessons on love of family, loyalty and watching out for friends.

I found some of the words to be impolite and teaches children to curse, however mild, and call others names. The text is informal which may not be a good thing for the children who are still at the critical stage of learning good grammar. Lack of colour renders the book dull, it would be more interesting if the children actually saw the colours described instead of just plain back and white. For example, when Inca sees two shiny green eyeballs or Monk’s bright, red bowtie.

I noticed a few grammatical errors where the author mixed upper and lower cases in a word or sentence and using upper cases where they should not have been used. There are instances of conversations where there are opening speech marks but no closing speech marks. The spacing is not uniform throughout the book, there are both single and double spacing. I find the formatting and structuring of paragraphs to be poor. The author has mixed up paragraphs and sentences throughout the book.

I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars. The book is great for older children of ages 7 and above and adults who enjoy children’s books. Due to lack of colour, the book may not engage and hold the attention of the younger children who are fascinated by bright colours. I would not recommend the book for younger children at the critical learning stage due to the mildly impolite words and the name calling as they may pick on them.

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Diary of a Snoopy Cat
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