Enigmatic Heroine, Fractious Feline….
Karen Whittington. Just turned fifty and living in the charming village of Little Ivory has plans for starting afresh. When these plans are threatened by a serious of former partners - who suddenly make an appearance each holding, it seems, a secret - our enigmatic heroine determines to save the day armed only with her fractious feline and trusty novels. Witty and entertaining romcom with a colourful and delightful protagonist. A short but enjoyable and quirky read.

Whisterpoop - (v.) A small smack upside the head.

Karen is a librarian who lives with her cat Mr. Hobbes in a small town. She has just turned 50 and that is how her story starts. Her character is one that is self absorbed to not notice things around her. She is lost in her grief and has no knowledge of what is happening around her or with her best friend.

The author through this book tells us how important it is to not misunderstand things or jump to conclusions on basis of assumptions, how life looks at 50. This book has topics of loneliness, reconciliation with family, growing old, living life written in a quirky manner. There is also Mr. Hobbes POV given to make it light and fun to read.

It took me time to warm upto the story but it had a refreshing take. I liked the idea of a story within a story. The later half was good and fun for me. Overall it was a good read.

Thank you Netgalley and the author for giving me a chance to read this in exchange of an honest review.

I was immediately drawn to the title and cover of this book (call me a child if you will but anything with “poop” in the title will grab my attention), but just couldn’t get into the story. Unfortunately, I DNF’d around page 50.

Overall, the writing was lackluster and mediocre, bordering on boring. I did enjoy the bits from Mr. Hobbes perspective, but not enough to counter the rest of the story. The excerpts from romance books the character was reading felt entirely unnecessary and far too frequent. It didn’t really add to the story and felt like it was just meant to take up space. I didn’t hate it, but was uninterested enough to decide not to finish.

Thanks, always, to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this book.

I really enjoyed this book it made me smile in places. There are few themes that are running through the book loneliness, getting old , relationships and few more. Whisterpoop is really easy read and dead relaxed. My favourite bit is where the cat Mr Hobbs calls Karen woman servant which is so true. Karen is turing 50 and suddenly ex boyfriend’s come back and event happens where she has to sort her life out. I read this book in three days . It was easy to get into and I really liked Mr Hobbs the cat and Karen.

This book addresses many themes associated with ageing, including loss, loneliness, & reconciliation…& yet, the author somehow manages to seamlessly combine comedy & romance into the mix, making this an incredibly gripping and fun loving social commentary! The characters definitely made the book. Despite the VERY apparent age gap between the MC & I -which, in all honestly, I thought was going to be a deal-breaker (spoiler-alert, it was not)- it was strangely easy to relate to her. The dialogue was witty & fun loving, yet equally very daunting and solemn, but both mixed together fairly well. Introducing the POV through the cat was interesting, and seeing how the author incorporated that into the story without making it appear childish even more so…overall, it was a clever way to grip the readers attention. There were some parts of the novel that dragged a tad bit, but despite that, I admit, I did enjoy this book more than I had intended!

This book had some really interesting aspects about it.

I really liked how the story was told with the addition of some excerpt from the novels that she's reading and some POV from tha cat!
Our main chatacter is a fifteen years old woman that has to deal with time passing and an unsatisfying life. I quite liked how her storyline developed during the novel, especially for the fact that she was really self-centered in the first part of the book.
I loved Mr. Hobbes and some of the people from the little town even though we didn't get much from them.
Overall a fun little story, with some deeper meaning that I liked even if it wasn't development evenly over the course of the story.

Karen has just turned fifty and the second half of her life isn’t going quite the way she wants it to. Her ex-husband is back in town, her job sometimes drives her crazy and her current romantic life is far from the novels she reads.

This book both calls out the absurdity of romance books while also embracing this form of writing. Overall, it is light, whimsical and has moments of depth.

While it was overall well written, there were times where the story jumped. For example, the last two parts of the book were diary entries when there was never previously any mention of diaries. She also had dreams of a character before meeting him and that isn’t really flushed out. It was soap opera-y in ways where the “dead husband” wasn’t actually dead and the sister she hates is now dying from cancer.

There were also times where the main character, was a true…KAREN. For example when she feels ill she thinks “she might have caught something from one of the international students” It is the 90s but it seemed unnecessary to make that comment about international students as opposed to regular students. The character also reads many romances throughout the book but throws one and is “shocked” when one details a gay encounter. While I don’t think these interactions were meant to be harmful, they didn’t lend any purpose to the story and would be better without.

Karen lives alone with her cat Mr. Hobbs, she works as a librarian in her small town's library and has just turned 50. Karen isn't dealing with her 50th birthday very well. She cooks a full turkey birthday dinner which she shares with Mr. Hobbs, all the while thinking of the past and all the mistakes she has made.
After having turkey for days she decides to venture to the grocery store. She orders a sandwich in the deli and as she is sitting at a table waiting for it she sees an interesting man sitting alone. Gathering her courage she begins to approach him only to end up a table away after tripping and landing in a chair. Just at that moment she hears a familiar voice and turns, it is an ex-boyfriend. Karen doesn't know why he is back, but makes plans to see him later in the week. After returning home she gets a knock at her door and opens it to her not so dead husband. Karen is baffled at these unexpected encounters all at once. She has told everyone her hubby was dead, when he is alive and married to her twin sister. Karen has a huge problem with being quick to jump to conclusions and to see only what she wants to see, without paying much attention to details of what is going on around her. Now Karen is going to get a crash course in how to be more observant of others and pay attention to what is really happening not what she quickly assumes.
This book is a funny fresh look at what it is like to turn 50 and to what we miss and what misunderstandings arise when we are quick to jump to conclusions and assume things we shouldn't.
A very quick, witty story with input from a finicky feline to cap it off. I loved it, this was just what I needed to read right now. And I have to say when at the end I found out that the author R.J. Corgan was a man not a woman, I was about knocked over! Bravo, R. J. Corgan, you did a wonderful job writing Karen's story with great insight into the emotions and trials of a middle-aged woman! I am super-impressed.
I recommend to anyone wanting a quick, light, funny story with a cat included as a bonus! 5 stars, more if possible, very entertaining, with a bunch of action happening.
Thank you to Net Galley and R.J. Corgan for the free ARC of this novel, I am leaving my honest review in return.

I want to fist say thank you to the author and NetGalley for giving me the eARC. the book is very short it can be read very quickly. many things happened in this book, the protagonist karen works as a librarian and lives with her cat Mr Hobbes and karen has just turned 50 years old. In that, the book is different from all the books that I have read before, I had never read a book based on the life of a 50-year-old woman and I really liked it. I really found it refreshing and new, something that I had never read before. I really liked the ending and all the characters. karen has told everyone that her ex-husband is dead when it’s a lie and her ex-husband is married to her twin sister beth. I really like the relationship between Karen and her best friend Claire it was a nice touch to the book they are funny together. Overall the book is refreshing, funny, and interesting.