Review: Mugsy steals the show!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2014
Black to Reality is my favorite book in the Black series because Mugsy the cat is prominently featured. I always felt he was the real star, and in this book he becomes one on reality TV. I love how he kept getting all the attention when he did nothing more than eat and sleep and get fatter.Like the other books in the series, I found myself laughing throughout. Dr. Kelso especially tickles my funny bone. And Stan turned into quite the badass this time. But the story isn’t just humorous. Behind the hilarity a lot of issues are addressed. Like the lengths a person will go to when down on their luck to survive, dealing with aging and broken dreams, and trying to understand and come to grips with complex emotions felt for different people.As Black went through his ordeal, I found it easy to connect with him. I think everyone has been in some variation of his shoes at some point in their life. What he chose to do in the end proves how much his character has grown since the first book.  He makes a tough but smart choice.