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| Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 | 
| Authors: Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
Buy New: $3.32
You Save: $14.63 (82%)
New (7) from $3.32
Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 29884
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Bk&Acces
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.8
ASIN: B000MR8TEK
Publication Date: September 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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Stewart/Weisman/Brigg's Book... July 15, 2008
From calling phone numbers to checking evidence, playing detective is the most fun of Cathy's Book. The reader becomes Emma, Cathy's best friend, who is left with a journal filled with numbers, evidence, and a story that will blow your mind!
 Okay April 9, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book was in fine condition, but all the extra stuff that normaly would come inside the book were missing. Where do I make a complaint?
 Worst ending in all of book kind February 24, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
When Cathy's boyfriend seems to disappear, she finds herself in a whole heap of trouble. After breaking into his house, and finding an old picture of him with a wife and a child, she starts to question who he really is. Later, after she is kidnapped by some goons, she realizes that all is not what it seems. That's right, folks, her boyfriend is immortal.
I thought this book would be awesome. It is written in diary/journal format, and it lured me in when I first saw it. There are phone numbers that you can call (including the main girl's, Cathy's, boyfriend's number. His message is creepy.) and all the websites exist. In other words, this book is supposed to depict REAL LIFE. The girl is supposed to be real, and so are all the other people (I never believed that this book was real, I'm just saying that it's supposed to be like some girl's lost journal that a person would happen to find) and then...her boyfriend is immortal. OUT OF NOWHERE, her boyfriend just happens to be immortal. Throughout the whole book, I suspected there was something big. Maybe something magical and unrealistic, but then I told myself, 'No, no! Of course not! This is supposed to like a real life journal.' Well, I was wrong. There is now going to be a WAR OF THE IMMORTALS. If this book was not supposed to be true-seeming, I wouldn't have minded. But for no reason whatsoever, the author(s?) decided to throw in this immortal thing. I shall come up with some figurative language to describe what it felt like. Walking outside of your house, la la la la, when out of nowhere, a 1,000 lb. chicken falls on top of you, smothering you in all it's chicken wonder-ness. THat is what the ending felt like.
 Don't keep your hopes up January 25, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
To start with, I have to say when I saw this book at the store, I knew it was not worth buyin (because it is import the price was really high) but I was interested. Anyways, my friend lend it to me few weeks ago, and I read it. The story is quite boring, but readable, however the set up, little notes on the book, the little things that come along with it make it more attractive. I don't recommend you buy it and I certainly recommend you read something more interesting. However, if you already own it you may as well read. (Plus, it can be a great gift for teenage girls.)
Good Read, Not as Interactive as Expected January 4, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Cathy's Book is an intriguing narrative about a 17 year old girl who's mixed up with a possibly dangerous older man. Stewart writes well and it shows. I'd guessed early on a few of the themes and wondered aloud (correctly) about the relationship of Victor to the man in the photo. Stewart carries the taught narrative to the triumphant end. I didn't mind the product placement. I felt Stewart and the artists interwove the placements as gracefully as they could. I didn't care much for Cathy. She was annoying through a lot of the story -- she grows up a little towards the end -- but the story itself helped me forget her character flaws a bit.
The 17 year old dating a 24 year old bothered me somewhat. It didn't even make sense from a character standpoint once you find out Victor's "secret." It's not believable that he'd be attracted to someone so much less mature, but I could let it slide.
The only real problem with Cathy's Book, though, is that the artifact itself -- i.e., the book -- doesn't fit in either the game world or our world. It's advertised as if it's a lost book that the reader has found and inside is "evidence" for Emma, Cathy's best friend. In the story, Cathy never loses her book. And in the real world, there is no reason for the reader to "find" it. If they did, there would be consequences that we don't get to deal with as readers on our side of the 4th wall. As for the interactive aspect, the book is self-inclusive, with total resolution at the end. The "evidence" pieces are just nice artwork. You can go to the websites and call the numbers, but get you get all the answers by reading; therefore there's no incentive to complete the puzzles. In that regard, it's not truly "interactive."
Stewart is a brilliant ARG designer. Here's hoping the sequel is a bit better assembled in this regard.
P.S. What is up with all the "unhelpful" reviews? Seriously, the next person who wants to crap on my review should have the balls to leave a comment and say why.
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