Louisa McCormack

Review: The Catch by Louisa McCormack It took me a while to read this book. It was suppose to be humorous but I never even got a smile out of the story. I don’t think it was well-written and I didn’t care for most of the characters. I’ve been reading this book from the first of April in between other better books. I couldn’t seem to like the main character Minnie for some reason. I found the plot slow and I got bored but I finally manage to get to the end. I did like the information on the fishing industry and environment on Prince Edwards Island. The story begins when Minnie, a television producer in Toronto who gets stressed over her career so her boss thought she needed a break away from her work. Minnie decides to leave Toronto and spend the summer with her uncle Rex, an elderly man who has a home on the Island but has gone to some assisted living place temporarily on Prince Edwards Island. So Minnie has a place to stay at her uncle’s and she can visit him frequently where he was now staying. Rex claims he’s happy there and has made many friends. I did like his character and seemed like an older sweet man. So Minnie settled in for the summer and finds a simpler life, falls for a fisherman named Joe in the small village and they have a strange relationship that seemed more like a “fling for the summer” and that’s what I felt because they just didn’t seem to be a loving couple. They seemed distant towards each other but there were some sex scenes where they both enjoyed themselves. The story left no emotional impact on me and I predicted the ending before I got there. Some day I’m just going to bite the bullet and just put the book down unfinished and walk away…. It’s just hard when you have OCD…..… (altro)

Sex in the City, in Toronto. I did not like this book. I just re-read it, and don't know why I kept it after the first reading. There are two characters in the book, plus a dog, that I don't just hate. The main character and her best friend are pretentious and irritating and just ugh.

I don't find talking about bj's and orgasms and such as particularly daring -- so books that are full of self-righteous references to such just bug me. People who are so self-righteously self-aware and so much better than everyone because they wear the right shoes bug me more.

This book just bugs me. I can't believe I read it twice. I will be getting rid of my copy very soon.… (altro)

I am not usually a big fan of Canadian fiction. However, The Catch has all the elements that make it a wonderfully perfect read.

Louisa McCormack has absolutely captured the essence of the perfect chik lit story. She has created a flawed but adorable main character in Minerva. She has given Minerva a brilliant cast of characters and more importantly she has set her novel in one of the most beautiful places in the world PEI.

I loved this smart novel - it touched my heartstrings, made me laugh and made me want to move to the Island immediately.

The writing is rich and full of deep, touching subtext and I found myself reading page after page to find out about Joe - would he and Minerva end up together or not? Wow! what else can you ask for - friends, LOVE AND PEI. I am jealous.… (altro)