sloatsj 's review for:

The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje

2.0

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At 91 pages I gave up. How can one go through 25% of a book and provide no discernible hook? Just a bunch of minor characters coming and going and no compelling plot. Maybe it starts on page 92, but I've got other things to do. I have loved a number of Ondaatje's books, but in this even his prose couldn't keep me going. The writing wasn't bad but was under par for this author. Maybe it's one of those self-indulgent this-happened-to-me-and-now-that-I'm-famous-I'm-free-to-bore-my-readers-with-it books.
Hey, great cover, though.