The Cat Who Went Bananas [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Lilian Jackson Braun (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (January 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405610646
• ISBN-13: 978-1405610643
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Lilian Jackson Braun is the author of twenty-nine bestselling Cat Who . . . novels and three short story collections.

Customer Reviews

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39 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If felt tighter but still lacked substance, January 28, 2005

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Michael O. Byrd (MEMPHIS, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cat Who Went Bananas (Hardcover)

I didn't feel that this book rambled on nearly so much as the last couple which just seemed to go on and on without going anywhere, and was actually relatively happy until the end which I found completely disappointing. I am ready for Qwill to finger a baddy again. It seems like it's been a while.

I agree with an earlier reviewer don't tease me about Celia. I think she's my favorite chraracter and we never hear from her anymore. And don't tease me about Polly and Qwill splitting up. Violet sounded great for Qwill. I was hoping we were finally going to get the end of the Queen of the Boring People, but alas no, on for one more :(.

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What happened to the ending?, January 25, 2005

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Anne Melvin "mystery lover" (Barrington, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cat Who Went Bananas (Audio CD)

I have read or listened to everyone of The Cat Who series and loved all the rest. This has the same formula with the clues from Koko and Quill's mustache moving the plot and building anticipation but then it ends with all the questions unanswered!
A terrible ending!

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst mystery I ever read!, May 9, 2005

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M. Fisher (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cat Who Went Bananas (Hardcover)

I have read every book Lilian Jackson Braun ever wrote and enjoyed most of them. Yes the plots were always lame and the endings stupid, but I enjoyed the characters and at least the previous books HAD endings. In my life I imagine I've read thousands of mystery novels. In fact I am a professional writer myself. This was by far the worst I have EVER read and in fact I want my money back from the publisher! How dare the publisher put out a book that is unfinished! The mystery is never resolved! This book violates the basic compact between mystery writer and reader: I will write a book with plot twists and turns and you can try to figure them out and then I will reveal the answers to you. This book simply stops dead, as if the author suddenly got tired of writing it or died or something and then they decided to publish it anyway. I am incensed at the waste of my time and money. Shame on you, author and shame on you publishing house for putting it out! This is the LAST "Cat Who" book I will ever read.