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joeycron 's review for:
The Cat Who Saved Books
by Sōsuke Natsukawa
What an interesting read. I bought it purely based on the cover (which is just perfect) (there’s a pun in there somewhere). But this is the story of a Japanese boy who inherits a used book store after his grandfather passes away. He follows a magical cat as he literally journeys through labyrinths of grief.
A big theme of the book is that you’re never as alone as you think you are, but I felt that the emotions were kept just a little at arm’s length. But having said that, when it was implied what the talking cat’s origins were, it felt quite emotional but I might’ve just been reading between the lines.
I will say I felt slightly attacked when one of the villains was a book hoarder who hasn’t read all the books on their shelves… (I’m afraid to count how many I have). Also it did have a sort of recurring theme that there are only specific ways to read and treat books which might annoy some people, but the sentiment was there.
But yeah, this book is also set the week before Christmas which is when I read it and I’d recommend reading it around the same. It’s less than 200 pages as well.
A big theme of the book is that you’re never as alone as you think you are, but I felt that the emotions were kept just a little at arm’s length. But having said that, when it was implied what the talking cat’s origins were, it felt quite emotional but I might’ve just been reading between the lines.
I will say I felt slightly attacked when one of the villains was a book hoarder who hasn’t read all the books on their shelves… (I’m afraid to count how many I have). Also it did have a sort of recurring theme that there are only specific ways to read and treat books which might annoy some people, but the sentiment was there.
But yeah, this book is also set the week before Christmas which is when I read it and I’d recommend reading it around the same. It’s less than 200 pages as well.