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El gato que amaba los libros by Sōsuke Natsukawa

neta_epstein's review against another edition

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1.5

Cute but soo boring omg

barefoot_serendipity's review against another edition

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lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

xeirea's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

laura_matias's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.0

claudclaud's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.5

baileyyy's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

hm_reads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

Cute, cozy book with some hidden deeper themes for those looking for them. Lots of western classic references for the English audience and naturally there's a cute but sassy cat

snickahz's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

You want to read a novelized version of a elitist rant about how you should read book to ‘truly love books?’ Well here you go.

This book is cute, well written, and the characters and idea is wonderful. However, the bad guys aren’t bad.

The first villain loves book, but doesn’t reread them. *gasps* How dare someone only read something once.

The second bad guy summarizes classical literature so that more people will read it, because “You can listen to music while you’re jogging, but you can’t read a book.” I am guessing the author hasn’t heard of audiobooks? Most likely, he just doesn’t see that as truly reading.

The third is a publishing CEO who doesn’t publish classical literature and only popular, modern books that have ‘shallow ideas.’ I wonder how the author would feel about the fact that Jane Austen, Sheakespeare, and Oscar Wilde were all considered trash and thoughtless when they were first published. There’s plenty of modern best sellers that have great themes and philosophies. Also just because you like romance doesn’t mean you will forget empathy.

It’s a good story overall, but it’s definitely just a disguised rant.

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paula15's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

3.75

leonrascal's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0