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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
AMAZING, 17 Mar 2007
this book is so amazing, i love all the art work you get with it! and i must admit i agree wtih cathy victor is very attractive!! it the torn up photo you get.
this book starts of really funny and happy at the begining and in the middle its quite misterious and dark, and towards the end it does get quite sad.
this is one of the most amazing books ive ever read, and its written in such a way that its a great way to read it!
reading this book has given me so much insperation...
i really hope another book comes out like this one, because it really is a fantastic book.
so if your looking for a book with a bit of mistery,love,drama in it this is really the book for you! it will take your breath away!!
emily xx
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cathy's book READ IT NOW, 11 Feb 2007
What makes this book so fantastic is the extras included in the pouch turning it from a great story into an intriguing ARG, written by one of the people behind some previous great ARG's. To ignore these extras doesn't do cathy's book justice.These kind of mystery's with an online element are amazing and this is a truly fantastic example of one.
to thoroughly enjoy cathy's book enter the phone numbers crack the access codes listen to the messages, read the forums and then tell everyone you know to read the book to beacuse by the time you've finished doing all that it is exactly what you will want to do.
This isn't just a teen novel, it's a great novel and experiance that everyone should get involved with.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 31 Dec 2006
CATHY'S BOOK is being marketed as a new kind of young adult novel. It's interactive, with a pocket of 'evidence', real phone numbers and websites, and other extras to help you learn more about the case. To be honest, though, that wasn't what made me love this book. Sure, the extras are cool and all, but I don't think they are necessary (and that's a compliment to the book, really!). CATHY'S BOOK could have stood on its own as a wonderful young adult novel.
It's the story of, as the title suggests, a girl named Cathy. I suppose she's fairly normal at first (though she is a better artist than most of us--I love the drawings in this book!), but she quickly finds herself mixed up in some shady business, due to her involvement with Victor, her older possible-boyfriend. I can't say too much without giving away the awesome plot twists, but nothing turns out the way you think it will! It all comes together quite nicely in the end, though. The startling revelations that finish this story, however, could set up a great sequel, and I hope that one is at least being considered!
CATHY'S BOOK is fantastic for a number of reasons. There are great pictures (and usually I'm not a fan of pictures in novels--I think it distracts from the writing), it's well-written, the characters (especially Cathy) are realistic, and the plot is quite suspenseful! It's not all action and suspense, though--there's a bit of romance thrown in (that is, after all, the reason for Cathy's involvement in the first place), which makes it fun. The only thing that might subtract from the awesomeness of this book, I think, is the fact that the publishers or whoever made this decision seemed to think the great story needed 'extras' to make it worth reading. None of the press I've read on this book mentions the great novel; instead, it talks about the 'extras.' That is not what makes this book worth it, not at all!
Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce
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