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A review by ashleynicole0407
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
3.0
A cute story about a feisty cat, Dewey, living in a small town public library and the people who's lives he touched, primarily the library director Vicki.
A lot of people seemed annoyed that too much of the book was about the librarian and not enough about the cat, but this complaint doesn't hold much water. After all, the story is told from her perspective, and could you really write an interesting 275 page book about just the cat? The whole point of the narrative was to tell the impact Dewey had on the community, so the stories of his human counterparts need to be included.
The writing was solid; nothing amazing but I've definitely read worse. It was a little heavy handed in the "small town America is so great, especially out here in a cornfield in Iowa" romanticism, but that was her life and she was telling it as she had experienced it. Just because Vicki works around books all day doesn't make her a professional writer, and I think the editors did a good job of helping her craft a readable, engaging story.
I couldn't give it 4 stars because it was pretty average, but still enjoyable. As far as non-fiction cat stories go, I enjoyed the Chicken Soup series better, but that's a collection of short stories about many cats, not a single cat mémoire.
A lot of people seemed annoyed that too much of the book was about the librarian and not enough about the cat, but this complaint doesn't hold much water. After all, the story is told from her perspective, and could you really write an interesting 275 page book about just the cat? The whole point of the narrative was to tell the impact Dewey had on the community, so the stories of his human counterparts need to be included.
The writing was solid; nothing amazing but I've definitely read worse. It was a little heavy handed in the "small town America is so great, especially out here in a cornfield in Iowa" romanticism, but that was her life and she was telling it as she had experienced it. Just because Vicki works around books all day doesn't make her a professional writer, and I think the editors did a good job of helping her craft a readable, engaging story.
I couldn't give it 4 stars because it was pretty average, but still enjoyable. As far as non-fiction cat stories go, I enjoyed the Chicken Soup series better, but that's a collection of short stories about many cats, not a single cat mémoire.