Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight

WHAT BOOK AM I READING?
The book I'm reading at the moment is called 'Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight' by Nick Earls and Rebecca Sparrow. It is a book published in 2007 and is suited for mature reads.
WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS?
The main characters are Cat Davis and Joel Hedges, followed by Cat's little brother Max, Cat's parents, Joel's mum, Jorge and Betty.
WHAT IS THE PLOT SO FAR?
So far, Cat and Joel are known to hate each other and surprisingly they are involved in a tandem story together. Cat's mother has just left the house and Joel's mother is hanging around with a guy called Jorge. In the book with pages to come, it says that Cat's father and Joel's mother start dating each other. Very bad development since Cat and Joel hate each other deeply.
HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE BOOK?
The book is in parts eg, Joel starts to say about his opinion and tell a story, next Cat does her story and her opinion, etc, etc. I strongly agree that this book is suited for mature reads, but Cat's side of the story is more interesting than Joel's. I (so far) rate this book 6-7 out of 10.

Poisonous Inspiration

7 comments:

Aussieleigh said...

PI...it will be interesting to see how you feel about Cat and Joel as you get further into the story and how your rating changes. What is it about Cat that makes you more inclined towards her or what is it about Joel that lessens your affinity to him?

Anonymous said...

PI Sounds very interesting.What personality traits could make two children HATE each other as you describe. Would love to know more about Cat and Joel so I can get why they don't get on..
Mrs J

Anonymous said...

Hi PI, the book you are reading sounds very interesting. Why is it that you find Cat's story more interesting, is it that you can relate to the character more? As you continue to read the book how have the character's developed towards each other...
Mrs B

TJ said...

This book sounds amazing! I love books that are told by two characters because you can see both sides of the story and the characters opinions of each other. You told me a lot in the review but I do have one question...why do they hate each other??
I would really like to read this book now.
From TJ

TJAWEsome said...

Hi PI,the book sounds quite interesting. It seems that Cat and Joel hate each other big-time but WHY do they hate each other so badly?
Once you have finished the book tell me some more about it and I might read it some day.
From TJawesome

Poisonious Inspiration said...

The reason why Cat and Joel hate eachother sooooooo much if because of the past. Cat's friend was Joel girlfriend and through misuderstanding, Cat broke them up. Also, just through girl and boy tension, it's obvious that the two genders woulds hate eachother. but throughout their parents dating, they seem to be getting closer

TJ said...

Ahhhh...I get it now!!