Reviews for Catch of the Day

The average rating for Catch of the Day based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-04-23 00:00:00 Kenneth Freivokh **Originally read in 2015. Re-read in 2018** Wow! I loved this book SOOOO MUCH!!! I feel like I say this for every review I write for her novels, but Kristan Higgins is such a fantastic writer. Her books are funny and heartwarming. �Catch of the Day� is no exception. I began giggling almost immediately as the premise for the book unfolded in the first several pages. Girl gets a crush. Girl mistakenly misses the part where boy reveals he is actually a priest. Girl then decides to spread the word about this new boy she is crazy about to everyone in her small community. The reveal of said boy�s profession was hilarious, as was the town�s reaction. �Roughly seventy-five faces swung around to look at me. I stared straight ahead, my heart pumping so hard I could hear the blood rushing through my veins.� From the first page, I was drawn into the small community of Gideon�s cove. We are treated to some unforgettable characters and, as always, some interesting blind dates. Maggie�s accidental blind date with a senior citizen and her taking it in stride was awesome! �I pick up the phone and hit number three on speed dial. "You're speaking to the future Mrs. Albert Mikrete," I say when he answers. "Oh, Maggie!" he says. "I'm so sorry. It seems that Father Bruce was thinking of the wrong person...tell me it wasn't awful.� I loved Maggie. She was so sweet and, yes, a pushover at times. I really loved her sense of humour. I especially loved her relationship with her twin sister. Like so many other Kristan Higgins books, this book is more about the heroine and her �figuring life out�. I find the romance in the novels are just an added bonus. I�ve read a lot of criticism about Malone and how little he contributed to the book. I tend to disagree with this. This isn�t HIS book so I was okay with not getting too much insight into him. Unlike her other books, told from the third person, this is told in the first person and really lets us dive into Maggie�s story. It was great getting a read, or lack of, as was often the case, of Malone. �You don't talk much, do you, Malone?" I ask. He doesn't answer. "Want to have a staring contest?" I ask. Bingo! The lines around his eyes deepen and the corners of his mouth move upward a fraction. "I think you may have just smiled," I inform him. � I found myself painfully embarrassed for Maggie throughout the book for some of the situations she put herself in, while laughing out loud. �Hi, it's me," I say. "Hey, I was just, you know, reading this book about a woman who's sleeping with this guy, and the sex is really good and she thinks it means something, but he never calls her. What do you think?" "Ah...do you mean about the plot or..." I choke. "Shit! Father Tim! I'm sorry! I thought I hit the button for my sister..." He laughs. "Not to worry, Maggie, not to worry." He pauses. "It sounds like your book makes another strong case for marriage first, don't you think?� I�m not going to lie. I cried like a baby for quite a bit of this book. I don�t cry often while reading books, but I got so attached to Maggie that I couldn�t help feeling what she was feeling throughout the book and there are some very emotional parts. This one goes on my favourites list and I will definitely be re-reading this one again. GREAT READ!!

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-09 00:00:00 Joseph D Deacon Catch of the Day is a sweet story that really tugged at the old heart strings. I felt for this woman. Maggie is in her early thirties, and she owns a very small town diner in Maine that has been in her family since her grandfather opened it. She is very proud of it, and pours her soul into it. She�s been single for about ten years, since her boyfriend dumped her publicly by showing up with a new woman when she didn�t even know they�d broken up. Her twin sister has the life she envies�a doctor husband, a beautiful baby girl, a nice home. She loves her sister and is very happy for her, but how can she not possibly be envious? Her mother is constantly nagging on her back about still being single, and how she�s doing nothing with her life by running that diner. Maggie takes it all in stride, and tries not to let it anything bother her on the outside, but she�s very lonely. She�s got her old dog that she loves more than anything, and takes him everywhere. She ends up developing a huge crush on the new priest. It is one of the many things that make her the butt of many jokes in town. This girl is somehow always getting publicly humiliated. She�s got a good sense of humor, but you�ve got to feel bad for her. While suffering through yet another embarrassing moment with her ex and his new wife, she�s saved by the town hermit, Malone. He�s a lobsterman that has a mysterious past, but hardly says a word to any body. He�s the extreme opposite of Maggie, where she�s bubbly and tends to ramble on and on, his face is set in a scowl and tends to give one word answers. This book is written in first person from Maggie�s POV, so we never get to see what Malone is thinking. I don�t mind first person at all except in this case, because of Malone�s character, we get to know nothing at all about his thoughts or motivations. This was what frustrated me a little and knocked my rating down to 4 stars. There relationship is interesting, and not as predictable as I thought it would be. Malone doesn�t suddenly start opening up to Maggie, as I thought. This takes place over a period of a few months. However, I did like the ending, even though it was abrupt. One note and small spoiler: Her old dog dies during the book and it may be hard on some readers that may have recently lost a pet. I have just recently put down my old dog who happened to be the same breed as the dog in the book, and it just sent me tears immediately. It was a part of the story that I appreciated--how the author made the dog a huge part of her life, and showed the impact his death had on her. Some that have read this may not feel the same way, as I may personaly have been more sensitive to it at that time.