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A review by trystan830
Mort(e) by Robert Repino
3.0
i'm still trying to figure out how i feel about this book. as a whole, it's a great story. it reminded me at times of Animal Farm and the Warriors series, and (weirdly enough, but i could have been predisposed to this) Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood.
not sure how the religion got in there, but i suppose i can "see" it - some humans are a religious lot, and sometimes a Myth is needed to explain all the incredulous stuff that goes on in the world.
also, currently having two cats (and four in the past), i realised the author has a "flawed" premise - we are not the masters over the cats; they are our masters and we're the slaves. anyone who has a cat or three will say this.
as other reviewers have said/inferred, the writing was rather... slow. for me, the marks of a good book are that i don't want to close it when i have to (i'll read those extra sentences, like it's being dragged away from me and i'm not wanting to let go) and then that i can't wait to get back to the book to continue the journey. neither of those feelings happened for me, but the story was still interesting enough for me to finish it.
not sure how the religion got in there, but i suppose i can "see" it - some humans are a religious lot, and sometimes a Myth is needed to explain all the incredulous stuff that goes on in the world.
also, currently having two cats (and four in the past), i realised the author has a "flawed" premise - we are not the masters over the cats; they are our masters and we're the slaves. anyone who has a cat or three will say this.
as other reviewers have said/inferred, the writing was rather... slow. for me, the marks of a good book are that i don't want to close it when i have to (i'll read those extra sentences, like it's being dragged away from me and i'm not wanting to let go) and then that i can't wait to get back to the book to continue the journey. neither of those feelings happened for me, but the story was still interesting enough for me to finish it.