Seeing a Large Cat

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Summary: Peters does it again
Review: E. Peters does it again - she's funny and savy and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Wonderful read - excellent addition to your library.

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Summary: Peters does it again
Review: E. Peters does it again - she's funny and savy and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Wonderful read - excellent addition to your library.

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Summary: Great author!
Review: Elizabeth Peters is an excellent author once again. If you love an old fashioned mystery this is for you. And I recommend reading all of her other books too.

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Summary: Curiosity Killed The Cat
Review: Elizabeth Peters' ninth novel in her series, "Seeing a Large Cat," illustrates the adventurous life of Amelia Peabody in Egypt. Amelia Peabody and her family are caught in a net of hidden tombs, a mummy who wears blue, silk underwear and mysterious attacks on a visiting American woman and Peabody's son Ramses. Together the English family risks their safety and lives to find the murderer of the mummy, and the reason for their presence in Egypt. While the extended number of characters was somewhat hard to keep track of, the novel is quick-paced and intriguing. Peters' references historical sites of Egypt like the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatchepsut's Tomb and Gizeh to create a distinct environment and add to the realism of this mystery. She utilizes beliefs and superstitions of Egyptian culture to enhance her writing. For example, the large cat Amelia dreams of symbolizes good luck, and it also references the maturation of Peabody's son, Ramses. Ramses must accept the death of one pet cat and learn to love another; he accepts change and learns to embrace it. Throughout the novel he gains the respect and trust of Amelia, signified by the drinking of whisky and soda with his mother. Peters' development of Ramses's coming-of-age character creates a multi-facet novel that illustrates both adventure and family relationships. Overall I enjoyed "Seeing A Large Cat" because it is a mysterious novel that incorporates history, family, deceit and wonder.

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Summary: Curiosity Killed The Cat
Review: Elizabeth Peters' ninth novel in her series, "Seeing a Large Cat," illustrates the adventurous life of Amelia Peabody in Egypt. Amelia Peabody and her family are caught in a net of hidden tombs, a mummy who wears blue, silk underwear and mysterious attacks on a visiting American woman and Peabody's son Ramses. Together the English family risks their safety and lives to find the murderer of the mummy, and the reason for their presence in Egypt. While the extended number of characters was somewhat hard to keep track of, the novel is quick-paced and intriguing. Peters' references historical sites of Egypt like the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatchepsut's Tomb and Gizeh to create a distinct environment and add to the realism of this mystery. She utilizes beliefs and superstitions of Egyptian culture to enhance her writing. For example, the large cat Amelia dreams of symbolizes good luck, and it also references the maturation of Peabody's son, Ramses. Ramses must accept the death of one pet cat and learn to love another; he accepts change and learns to embrace it. Throughout the novel he gains the respect and trust of Amelia, signified by the drinking of whisky and soda with his mother. Peters' development of Ramses's coming-of-age character creates a multi-facet novel that illustrates both adventure and family relationships. Overall I enjoyed "Seeing A Large Cat" because it is a mysterious novel that incorporates history, family, deceit and wonder.

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Summary: The "clever" Amelia Peabody
Review: Elizabeth Peters' Seeing a Large Cat is an interesting mystery that has given me mixed reactions, but in general I found the novel enjoyable. On the one hand, there is Amelia Peabody, the extraordinary woman who wears more hats than most women of the Victorian era. She runs her household, works alongside her infamous husband Radcliff Emerson, as an Egyptologist, and indulges herself in solving a multifaceted mystery. Amelia and her husband are both quite known for their tomb excavating talents in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Therefore, it is of no surprise that they find themselves targets for the revealing of a mysterious murder. The antisocial Emerson at first is uninterested with the mystery, but is easily convinced by Amelia's persistence. This season's excavation now has a new focus, the mysterious Tomb Twenty-A and its nontraditional mummy. Using the techniques of a traditional mystery, Peters has completely isolated characters some how all fit together and the reader is taken on a roller-coaster ride of murder, deceit, foul play, love, friendship, and a happy ending. Peters saved this mystery by including Ramses' journal and having his account of some crucial moments in the mystery. This allows the reader see that Amelia Peabody, who thinks of herself as quite clever, sometimes is faced with her "young" son, as well as others, finding crucial information before her. I found this very amusing and made the mystery more enjoyable.

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Summary: THE BEST SO FAR!
Review: How long must we wait for the next one? Don't take a vacation Ms. Peters, I'm on the edge of my seat!

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Summary: Fantastic Escape
Review: I am a big fan of Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels. But after reading the first three Amelia Peabody books I lost interest - mostly because Ramses was just too obnoxious and really got on my nerves. His age and his long-winded, stilted conversations (that did not seem to go with his age) put me off. BUT I decided to pick Seeing a Large Cat up and once started could not put it down! Ramses has grown up very much and instead of finding him obnoxious, I am finding him very appealing with hopes that Ms. Peter's future books will center more on Ramses,Nefret and David. This book was fantastic! For once I was glad that my husband was working a night shift because it gave me time to read without interruption until I finished. Once finished I quickly picked up the Ape in the Balance and am now (impatiently) waiting for Falcon at the Portal to come out. I would highly recommend this book and her others! I wish there were more authors out there like Barbara Mertz!

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Summary: Seeing a Large Cat
Review: I finally finished this tedious and unimaginative "book." If there were a possibility to rate this lower, I would. Amelia Peabody is a nosy, bumbling, stuck up character. I do not like the way she thought, talked, or acted. She did not solve any mystery. She was so caught up in her own interpretation of good and evil that she managed to put her family in harms way...nearly getting them killed in the process. However, I did like the new cat. I do not recommend this to anyone unless they are as shallow and self absorbed as Amelia Peabody.

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Summary: This one is fabulous!
Review: I have enjoyed all of Peters' Peabody tales, but this one takes the cake! I especially enjoyed Ramses' entrance into this novel - straight from "The Sheik" and Peters' favorite Victorian, "The Lustful Turk". What a treat to read literate yet saucy prose and watch the Emerson kids grow up. This is going to be progressively more and more fun - how long until the next one