The Cat, The Quilt and The Corpse

"I started this book and, after a couple of chapters, put it down again and decided it wasn't something I was at all interested in. Then, due to internet issues and not being able to load anything else onto my Kindle, I ended up finishing it for lack of any other options. After finishing it, my opinion got slightly better, although not much. The mystery got slightly more interesting midway through the book, but even as much of an animal person as I am, I got really tired of being bashed over the head with the message that animals are people too. (A more subtle approach would have been preferable; instead, there were odd little speeches and soapboxes in the mouths of characters that were out of place and added nothing to the plot whatsoever. It felt like, "insert PSA here.") <br/><br/>In the worldview of the book, people are divided into two camps: those that love cats and "get it," and those that don't, and are basically brutish plebes. Such a narrow focus of character description got boring and predictable. "Doesn't like cats? Must be a bad guy." I did like a couple of the characters and, by the end of the book, was further along in liking the main character Jillian than I started. But, still, not quite enough.<br/><br/>It's the first book in a series so perhaps if I were to read more, the character development and world development would help create a more engaging storyline. The problem is, the first book didn't grab me enough to make me want to read more."