A review by ozshark
The Blue Cat by Ursula Dubosarsky
3.0
What an unusual book! I was quite enjoying it - the gentle, emotive style, the nostalgia, whether Columba would discover Ellery's story etc. I especially enjoyed the inclusion of all the source material throughout the book, and the brief explanation of primary sources at the end. I also loved the part set in Luna Park - which apparently had changed very little between the 1940's and my memories of it in the early 1980's!
But then (a bit like the Wild Mouse at Luna Park), it took an extremely abrupt left turn into fantasy, and then unexpectedly stopped short, with little resolution and many unanswered questions. Feels like it needed to be one-third longer.
But then (a bit like the Wild Mouse at Luna Park), it took an extremely abrupt left turn into fantasy, and then unexpectedly stopped short, with little resolution and many unanswered questions. Feels like it needed to be one-third longer.