Reviews

The Alchemist's Cat by Robin Jarvis

madgrambo's review

3.0

Love a bit of fantasy, love talking cats. Don’t like some of the nastiness and I don’t think it’s a book for children.

kasinin's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

seldooneeffoc's review

4.0

For those who are trying to avoid human on animal violence. This is not a good book for you to read.
To elaborate would give spoilers, but if anything like that is a deal breaker for you, then don’t pick up this book.

It’s an excellent prequel and answered many questions I had about Jupiter when I read The Dark Portal as a kid.

lyslys's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jackmedia's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

littlecogs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

nytshayde's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Excessively dark and brutal I think, especially for a young audience. Although I don't believe in shielding children from darkness in literature, I don't think I would classify this as a children's book, some scenes were too graphically described. The writing is very good, engaging and something I would highly rate, but I am not sure I could actually recommend it to anyone, as I found it triggering where animal abuse and cruelty were involved.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse