Joel and Cat Set the
Story Straight by Nick Earls and Rebecca Sparrow
Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight
is two weeks in the life of Joel Hedges and Cat Davis. Joel would prefer to get
through his final year of high school without Cat Davis or his mother's faux
Spanish boyfriend and just hang-out with his best-friend Luke. Cat Davis has an
annoying best-friend, and even more annoying little brother, and a deep abiding
hatred of Joel Hedges.
Due to an unfortunate incident
involving a leaking pen and suspected outbreak of Bird Flu, Joel and Cat are
forced to sit next to each other in Extension English. To make matters worse,
and to their mutual horror, they are paired together for a tandem story writing
assignment.
Review:
I
picked this book up, intrigued by the blurb and interested to read by two well
known Aussie authors. I’m glad I picked this up, cause now that I know I like
Miss Sparrow’s prose, I’m looking forward to reading more by her!
As
soon as I started reading from Cat’s POV (Rebecca Sparrow) I instantly liked her writing style. However, I didn’t really connect with the other author, Nick
Earls, who wrote from Joel’s perspective.
This
book was quite a roller coaster – one minute I was really enjoying it and the
next minute it was going down hill and I found myself skimming parts. :(
I
don’t really know what to say for the characters. To me, they were okay, but
didn’t really stand out. Except for her little brother – What a cute,
out-of-control, obsessive lolly eater, rascal! As said by Mark “Whatever
Trevor!” :]
The
El Salvador cooking scene, was hilarious! A little cringing to watch unravel,
but it made me laugh-out-loud and had me shaking my head at just what was
happening. I laughed that loud, my dad asked me what I was watching. I then had
to persuade him, that yes, you really can laugh that much at a book! He still
didn’t seem sure…
Sometimes
this book was so random…like seriously! One minute I was reading and the next
minute, I came to a screeching stop wondering what had just happened!
Even
though some parts were enjoyable and very fun to read, sometimes I found myself
losing interest.
Rating – 2/5
fab review rebecca :) sorry you didn;t love the book ~ but you spoke about it really well. I do love rebecca sparrow ~ her books are a lot of fun :)
ReplyDeletethanks Nomes
ReplyDeleteYes, Rebecca Sparrow sure does have a great writing style.
:)