A review by sneakyfoxeh
Cat's Eyewitness: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery, by Rita Mae Brown
1.0
At first, I liked the premise of the book. As a Catholic myself, it's nice to see Mother Mary and monks as the center of a novel. Also, I love the animal anecdotes. It's pretty cute and lightens up the story a bit.
Honestly, I really didn't like the quip about Catholic priests raping boys and the Vatican keeping Nazi Germany a secret. I know the main character is Baptist (which sadly are known for hating Catholics) but did the author have to add that in there? The pedophiles have been removed from the church with stricter rules in place for weeding future pedophiles out and there are quite a few Catholic priests that saved Jews from the German Nazis. Not to mention all the good we do for the world in terms of helping the poor, homeless and orphans. The minor religious attacks on my church weren't necessary for the storyline at all. Then to say the Baptists only problem is how to spend money? Not cool at all. We all know that Baptists have just as many problems as Catholics.
I'm going to keep reading it to see if it gets better, but if it doesn't, then I'm done with this series. If the author ever sees this: don't attack someone else's religion just because it differs from your own.
Update: It doesn't get any better. It gets worse. A monk kills another monk and there's a drug scandal going on. Awful story. Obviously, Rita Mae Brown has no idea what Catholic monks are really like. I'm done with this series and author.
Honestly, I really didn't like the quip about Catholic priests raping boys and the Vatican keeping Nazi Germany a secret. I know the main character is Baptist (which sadly are known for hating Catholics) but did the author have to add that in there? The pedophiles have been removed from the church with stricter rules in place for weeding future pedophiles out and there are quite a few Catholic priests that saved Jews from the German Nazis. Not to mention all the good we do for the world in terms of helping the poor, homeless and orphans. The minor religious attacks on my church weren't necessary for the storyline at all. Then to say the Baptists only problem is how to spend money? Not cool at all. We all know that Baptists have just as many problems as Catholics.
I'm going to keep reading it to see if it gets better, but if it doesn't, then I'm done with this series. If the author ever sees this: don't attack someone else's religion just because it differs from your own.
Update: It doesn't get any better. It gets worse. A monk kills another monk and there's a drug scandal going on. Awful story. Obviously, Rita Mae Brown has no idea what Catholic monks are really like. I'm done with this series and author.