Reviews - The Cat and the City

967 reviews for:

The Cat and the City

Nick Bradley

3.77 AVERAGE

earl_grey1's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fernandacas25's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

its_soup's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jenny99's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

creativetypes's review against another edition

3.0

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Took me a few months to finish, so I’m sure I lost track of some of the characters and didn’t appreciate it as much as I could have. Beautiful writing though

Content Warnings

aniekeb's review against another edition

4.0

Een verzameling van allerlei korte verhalen die op uiteenlopende wijze aan elkaar gelinkt zijn en toch krachtig op zichzelf staan. Onwijs leuk om te lezen en de connecties te vinden en daarnaast ook zeer ontroerend en menselijk.

jasperverfaillie's review against another edition

4.0

Sinds ik vijftien jaar geleden voor het eerst Magnolia zag, heb ik altijd al een zwak gehad voor werken met losse door elkaar lopende verhaallijnen die hier en daar elkaar kruisen. Dit boek doet dat uitstekend.
En ik moet dringend eens naar Japan gaan.

since68's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So almost perfect

joshua_collings's review against another edition

4.0

Wasn’t sure this book was for me going into it but ended up really enjoying it. I liked the use of short stories which dealt with a range of interesting characters: from a man who wouldn’t leave his house to an American translator living in Tokyo. Releasing how characters were connected to a previous story was always entertaining and also how the calico cat would find its way into the chapter. Tokyo was also well described to set the scene and the feel of the city.

mlynes's review against another edition

3.0

Ambitious, clever and intricate but ultimately frustrating. There are some interesting pieces in the first half of the book. But the sprawling tales lose focus and the flat tone of much of the prose isn’t very engaging.

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