2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino

Hello everyone,

 

It's the end of the weekend. It was entirely too short. Saturday, the Hubby and I went to a nice lunch and went to go see the new Warcraft movie. Sunday was spent gardening and running other errands. Over the weekend, I finished 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helen Bertino. I received this book for free from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review. I chose this one because of a BookTuber, Lindsey Rey, that I really enjoy recommended it. I would link her account, but she seems to have stopped making YouTube videos since the time I was away from YouTube (during my most recent reading slump). Which is really unfortunate! I really enjoyed her videos! 



 

 

 

2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas. What to say about it. It is written differently that most books I read. The whole books takes place during the hours of one day. Each chapter title is the time that the events following are taking place. It's a really interesting concept. And you know from the title that something is likely going to take place at 2 A.M. What confused me before reading the book, and not having read the blurb at all, was what the heck the title meant. The Cat's Pajamas is a jazz club in the story where the culminating event takes place at 2 A.M.

 

Once I got used to the writing style, I really enjoyed it. The only thing that was a little annoying was the fact that the perspective would rapidly change from one character to another. This worked most of the time and I was able to follow it, but there were a few occasions where it did get confusing as to who you were supposed to be following.

 

The story was fun. There was a bit of romance, some mischief, some sad events in character's pasts. It was entertaining. But the end. I won't spoil it, but it left me with a sense of what the hell is happening? This is one of those stories that leaves the ending open, which is fine. But there is a scene at the end with a character by the name of Mrs. Santiago. If you've read it, I'm sure you know what I mean. That last scene was just so out of left field with no explanation as so what the heck it is supposed to be that it really brought down the overall rating of the book for me.

 

Overall, I gave 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas 3.5 out of 5 stars.

 

 

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think? Without spoiling anything, what did you think if the end? Let me know! I'd love to hear from you!

 

Until next time,

 

Jenell