The book Catherine, Called Birdy was a good book for the most part. Throughout the book there were many strong points and weak points. One strong point was that Catherine, the main character, spoke her mind and it's usually a good thing for girls her age who are reading this to know its okay to do so in most cases. Another weak point was that the author used too big of words for kids to understand. Another weak point was that it had a few bad words in it. And finally another strong point was that the characters were easy to relate to.
             To begin with, I thought Catherine was a great character for this type of story. Catherine was determined which I liked. I liked it because she always kept me wondering what was going to happen next. I looked forward to the twists and turns in a book. Although I liked the characters, the book didn't quite have the twist I was looking. Besides that, it was good character wise.
             The second thing was I thought it was bad that I couldn't understand some of the things that were being said. If it's supposed to be a kid's book, kids should be able to understand it. I know that the author was trying to make it so it was like it was in medieval times, it's just that she should have written so I could understand it better, I'm sure she could done it in a better way. I would have enjoyed it better if it had been in better terms.
             The other thing I thought was bad was that it had bad words in it. I know I'm mature enough to handle it, but some other people are not. I also know that some of their words are bad for us to use now. She could have put it in there but phrased it differently. This was surprising but didn't really bring my expectations of the book down.
             The final point I made was a good one. It was that I could relate to the characters. I like to put myself into the book so relating to the characters is always good. Sometimes to get people to li
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