Date: 11 April 2011, 13:44
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I LOVE these books but this is not my favorite in the series. I've read them all and am now re-"reading" them on cd. I much prefer the earlier books especially the ones "Down Below" and Brahams. It really bothers me that a lot of inconsistancies pop up in these later books. For instance, in this book Mooseville is completely altered, or is it just me? I don't remember a giant dune ever being mentioned before or the three streets off Main. and the umpteen shops Qwill visits. Also the sea captain's boat shaped cottage is gone from The Dunes and not even mentioned. It seems these changes are brought in to introduce more Moose County characters. I'd prefer to see Qwill travel to diff. locations again, such as in The Cat Who Moved a Mountain, as a way to introduce new charaters rather than to see a re-populating of Mooseville and Pickax with unknowns that are written in as if they've been in the stories forever. I'm sorry to say that Moose County has become a bit of a bore. I'm tired of Derek Cuttlebrink and his acting roles and don't even get me started on Polly. (I give every book that Polly is off on a vacation in one extra star.) One of the best things about the earlier books was Qwill was always moving to diff. neighborhoods, covering diff. beats, and meeting diff. characters. As I said, I've read all the Cat Who's and know it doesn't get any better (except in the Polly dept. but even in that instance it's not much help as there probably won't be any more books written now). I find it interesting that most of the reviewers that love this book also say it's the first one they've read in the series or that they've only read the later ones. I hope they will give the earlier books a try. They'll really love those.
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