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A review by saracat
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
3.75
I liked the idea behind this story a lot. I just wish there were some more answers as to why things happened. But, if someone can just get lot in the story without needing to know the how's and why's of a world, they'll probably enjoy this book even more than I did.
While I liked the three main characters, I didn't always feel like I could understand their relationship to each other.
Every person processes grief differently, so I think depending on how a person processes loss of someone they care about, reading this could be a kind of catharsis, seeing another person in their way of processing - though most of it is through indirect means.
Even though I didn't read this in Japanese, I did appreciate how the translator chose what to translate and what to keep in the original language; conveying the cultural norms without over explaining, etc.
While I liked the three main characters, I didn't always feel like I could understand their relationship to each other.
Every person processes grief differently, so I think depending on how a person processes loss of someone they care about, reading this could be a kind of catharsis, seeing another person in their way of processing - though most of it is through indirect means.
Even though I didn't read this in Japanese, I did appreciate how the translator chose what to translate and what to keep in the original language; conveying the cultural norms without over explaining, etc.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Grief