What do You think about What Katy Did Next (2007)?
I read this book because I'd seen it in many reading lists. Well, maybe its because I'm past the age group that this book is meant for, but I felt bored for most part of the book. The relations and the interactions between the characters presented in the book seem far too artificial. I mean I know people may have been more civil back in those days, but I don't believe in relationships with only love and innocent thoughts. If I had been to the places Katy mentions in the book, I may have been able to appreciate the book better.
—Tina
Note: mine is a late 1970s Armada edition - probably abridged, given Armada's track record - not this kindle edition. I've no idea why Goodreads appears unable to let me switch to a printed edition.*To see ourselves as others see us ... this Katy story takes her on a trip to Europe. Unfortunately she didn't visit my home town, and nobody I knew spoke with an 'h' in front of every vowel, so it didn't seem very realistic (although by the time I read this I had at least got the hang of the fact that the books were set some time in the Victorian Era, which we had seen on TV in history). And I had no idea who this Jane Austen person was that Katy was so fussed about.But coming to it as an adult, the descriptions of London in the grey and wet are very accurate, and Nice and Italy sound bewitching. Like Amy March, Katy finds romance in Europe, under difficult although less tragic circumstances. And I'm pleased for her. I still like Katy, even when she becomes a saintly grown-up, because she is Jolly Sensible, and A Bit Plain - at last, a heroine I can aspire to imitate.
—Deborah
Yet another in the Katy books! What Katy did next was go to Europe on a trip w/a neighbor and her little daughter, in a travelogue written by someone who apparently hated traveling, which made this kind of hilarious. England is too rainy, I don't remember the problem w/Paris but it was horrible, Italy is full of fever, and they come home early. Of course, what Katy also does next is fall in love, although it's in an odd slightly second-thought way that I also found kind of funny. And, of course, we don't actually get to see any romance or hear any romantic talk from the lovers, because the author wishes to protect our innocent young minds from the subject. If you can't tell from this, I enjoyed it!
—Jae
