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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by Vicki Myron
I borrowed this as an audio book from our library for something short & mindless to listen to while cleaning the house. When the author stopped generalizing and actually told specific stories about the cat, it was cute, but that wasn't most of the book. Besides the repeated generalizations about the town, it was mostly generalizations of how wonderful Dewey was about making friends or changing lives. I love pets and have no doubt that the town grew very attached to this cat, but I was surprised that a librarian, who presumably reads books, would fall into such an amateur writing trap of "telling" rather than "showing." I also--possibly because of the title--expected most of the book to be about the cat. It does start out that way, but then it becomes all about the author. ALL about the author. So not so much cute cat stories, but that author's life, daughter, double mastectomy, etc. It's only a 4-disc audio book, but after one and a half discs, I've had enough.