Review: Cute
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2013
Arlo may seem like an ordinary barn cat, but Arlo is a covert agent who works for the Agency (not further explained).  This is a charming story about ordinary animals that take on human likenesses and go after wrong-doers. The author has written a charming story, and the characters are really wonderful. My only question came when I looked closely at the writing.  Some of the sentences are rather long-winded, and some of the vocabulary is beyond what I think her audience is can handle.  Initially, I found the author wrote in a rather pedantic style, but somewhere after the first third or so, this moved into a more comfortable style. I found myself chuckling more often than not, at some of the author’s descriptions of the animal/agents and how they went after their prey. Although I found the story much to my liking, I am just not sure who the author intends his audience to be. The story certainly would delight youngster, but the writing style and vocabulary might present problems. The other thing that I wondered about was, what exactly was Arlo’s epiphany.  I must have missed something. I received this from Library Thing to read and review.