Review by Laila_Hashem -- Cat Detectives in the Korean P...

[Laila Hashem]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Cat Detectives in the Korean Peninsula" by R.F. Kristi.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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Cat Detectives in the Korean Peninsula by R.F. Kristi is one book of a series of books that the adventures of a Siberian detective cat named Inca and her sidekicks, who solve crimes and are part of ‘Inca + The Company’. It can, however, be read as a stand-alone. In this book, Inca’s mother invents a new cheese called ‘crème de la crème’ and they all go to South Korea to present it in a cooking school.

Their vacation is put on hold when a suspicious-looking man named Enzo tries to compromise the cheese multiple times. Along the journey, they also discover that Ye-Jun, their kind, and helpful tour-guide, is feeling down because of his estrangement from his sister Ji. Likewise, Ye-jun’s dog Baram, whom the companions come to know and love, misses his friend Bo-Mi the cat, who lives with Ji. Together, Inca and her friends plan to reunite Ji with his sister and Baram with Bo-Mi, while putting a stop to Enzo’s dirty tricks.

Throughout the book, the author used a lot of words that I believe are too advanced for children to understand, such as ‘regal’, ‘splendor’, ‘majestic’, ‘behold’, and ‘preen’. Of course, this book contains more text than illustration, so perhaps it is meant for older children, not beginner readers. I also found that some phrases within a dialogue start with a quotation mark and don’t end with one.

The illustrations in this book were lovely, colorful, and creative and the book’s cover is very attention-grabbing. Other than the missing quotation marks, I did not find a single spelling or grammatical mistake and found the plotline simple and easy to follow. As a result, I give this book a rating of 4 out of 4 stars.

The highly descriptive scenes in the book in which Inca and her friends discover the beauty of nature are also among the aspects I loved, because they may teach children to have a positive outlook on their surroundings. I think readers from any background between the ages of 10-12 would enjoy this book. That is because younger readers may find the diction too challenging and older readers would find the plotline too simple.

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Cat Detectives in the Korean Peninsula
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