Review of Cat Detectives in the Korean Peninsula

[Ordan Brouwn]

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

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5 out of 5 stars

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In a world of talking cats and dogs, Inca found herself as a highly skilled detective. She had a reputation for solving mysterious cases, and she worked with her friends and family to keep this reputation intact. She was the head of Inca & Company, a private investigation company that lent its talents to the people of London and beyond. In Cat Detectives in the Korean Peninsula, Inca and her associates were travelling with Missy, their human mother, to the Korean Peninsula for a baking competition. They would meet a man named Ye-Jun, their host during their stay in South Korea. They found out that his sister, Ji, was separated from him and living in North Korea. Will Inca and her associates solve this case?

R.F. Kristi's tale kicks off with Inca telling us about all the members of the Inca & Company agency. The company consists of three other cats, two dogs, and a hamster. Not all of them would travel to the Korean Peninsula since some of them were friends and didn't live in Missy's house. I found the dynamics that existed between the animals to be fun. I think that children would enjoy that aspect of the story as well.

I found the plot to also be well-developed. Like most children's books, the plot is simple to follow, but there's a little sophistication about the plot because it's dealing with a very real political reality that many people experience daily. For me, this made the book rise above many other children's books. There's a life lesson to be drawn from the story somewhere there.

Apart from a couple of mistakes, the book is edited pretty well. I enjoyed the characters and the storyline immensely, and I feel that the book offers parents a unique opportunity to teach lessons about countries that they would normally not have an opportunity to teach about. I rate it 5 out of 5 stars.

Because of its more sophisticated storyline, I feel that this book could work best for children who are at least five years old. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone younger than that because I doubt that they have the bandwidth to comprehend or enjoy a story like this.

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Cat Detectives in the Korean Peninsula
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