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

[Spax]

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

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4 out of 4 stars

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Diary of a Snoopy Cat is a children’s story, and the author, R. F. Kristi, begins the story by illustrating a family tree, and listing the characters included in the family. This makes for a very nice visual to help remember the various characters. The story is told from the point of view of Inca, the main cat character in the story. Inca has a sister and a brother, who are both cats, as well as a hamster friend named Charlotte. Their mom and Aunt Florence are “humanoids” as they are comically referred to. The story details the escapades of these cats, along with some of their dog and cat friends. Inca is quite proud to be a detective and loves to solve mysteries and this is the main theme throughout the story.

I enjoyed the way the author gave a good description of each of the main characters, detailing each one’s uniqueness. The entire story has both humor and suspense woven throughout, and this will keep the attention of young readers. I think my ten year old daughter would enjoy reading this book. The animals are brought to life in this story in a unique and funny way, which I believe will captivate young animal lovers.

As I was reading this book, I found myself anxiously waiting to see what would happen next. The author did a wonderful and unique job of using a timeline in the way of headings instead of chapters, such as Monday Evening and 11 Days Before Christmas, Monday Morning. This is a brilliant way to write for children because that is how they actually think about their days, especially around Christmas time, when this book was written.

I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars because the story had a combination of humor and suspense throughout. I just wanted to keep reading and not put the book down. The topics and situations were appropriate for the tween audience and other than a few grammatical and spelling errors, the book was well written. The author’s style of using large and bold fonts really accentuated the excitement she wanted to portray. The author uses funny descriptive words to describe some of the characters, such as “Stinky Porkster” which will appeal to the targeted age group. For these reasons I believe this book is definitely deserving of a 4 rating and not any lower.

The characters come to life in Diary of a Snoopy Cat in such a way that made me a wee bit sad to come to the end of the story, however, the author further engages her young audience by encouraging them to read her future adventure stories. She illustrates a nice picture of the main characters, which will make you want to read the rest of the series of books. I, myself, would love to read the other stories in the Inca Book Series.

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Diary of a Snoopy Cat
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[Italiansweety1982]

I just read this one. I had never read the other ones in the series. I did enjoy it, it's humorous and unique, but there are a lot of characters to keep track of! That part was difficult. Definitely a book an adult and child can read together over several nights.