Plot:
Cat smart, sassy, and funny—but thin, she’s not. Until her class science project. That’s when she winds up doing an experiment—on herself. Before she knows it, Cat is living—and eating—like the hominids, our earliest human ancestors. True, no chips or TV is a bummer and no car is a pain, but healthful eating and walking everywhere do have their benefits.
As the pounds drop off, the guys pile on. All this newfound male attention is enough to drive a girl crazy! If only she weren’t too busy hating Matt McKinney to notice. . . .
This funny and thoughtful novel explores how girls feel about their bodies, and the ways they can best take care of their most precious resource: themselves.
Cat smart, sassy, and funny—but thin, she’s not. Until her class science project. That’s when she winds up doing an experiment—on herself. Before she knows it, Cat is living—and eating—like the hominids, our earliest human ancestors. True, no chips or TV is a bummer and no car is a pain, but healthful eating and walking everywhere do have their benefits.
As the pounds drop off, the guys pile on. All this newfound male attention is enough to drive a girl crazy! If only she weren’t too busy hating Matt McKinney to notice. . . .
This funny and thoughtful novel explores how girls feel about their bodies, and the ways they can best take care of their most precious resource: themselves.
Review:
Fat Cat was one of the more thoroughly thought out books I’ve ever read. No questions went unanswered or unnoticed. On top of that it had some really funny moments where I actually laughed out loud. The one flaw that the book had was the character of Cat’s best friend, Amanda. I found Amanda's old world attitude that a girl HAS to have a boyfriend to be a little obnoxious and annoying. There were times when I just wanted to tell her “Shut up!” and other times I thought, “Why is Cat even friends with her?”. I wish I would have liked Amanda’s role as the best friend more than I did. But really, that was the only thing about the book I thought could have been better and why I did not give this novel a straight 5 stars. The romance aspects of the story were great because they weren’t cliché or cheesy at all. They were actually quite comical and opposite of what you’d expect. I especially loved the books acknowledgement of the vegetarian lifestyle and the various ways everyone can change the way they take care of themselves. Fat Cat is definitely a novel that makes you think and may even be a little convincing when it comes to influencing you to kick at least some of your bad habits.
4.5
Read again?
Most likely.
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