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The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

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_david_'s review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

Incredibly dull and shallow.

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fallandfox's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Rintaro Natsuke mora com seu avô, que o criou com todo o seu coração. Ele passa seus dias na livraria de seu avô, o lugar perfeito para se esconder do mundo. Depois que seu avô morre, ele precisará fechar a livraria. Surge, então, um gato malhado chamado Tigre, que pede ajuda ao garoto para libertar livros.
Livros e animais são as coisas que eu mais amo no mundo, então adoro histórias que envolvem esses elementos. Quando vi a descrição no Instagram, coloquei o livro na minha lista de desejos.
Foi uma leitura prazerosa e, ao terminar, só consegui pensar em como foi muito mais do que eu esperava.
Gostei da escrita; foi fácil de ler, e senti que o ritmo da história foi ótimo durante toda a narrativa.
Rintaro é um jovem adolescente que se sente emocionalmente incapacitado de sair de casa e passa seus dias com o avô, lendo livros diferentes.
O que mais me deixou feliz foi ver como ele se tornou mais confiante, tanto como pessoa quanto como amante de livros, além de sua amizade com o presidente da classe.
Uma parte que achei mágica foi a descrição do cenário nos labirintos; como tudo se encaixava perfeitamente.
É uma leitura que recomendo para quem busca uma leitura rápida, mas que traz reflexões sobre a vida, a solidão e a amizade.

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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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lucyatoz's review

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

"Grandpa used to say it all the time: books have tremendous power. But what is that power really?"

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, translated from Japanese into English by Louise Heal Kawai, is the magical story of Rintaro. One day, following the death of his Grandpa, a tabby cat walks into the bookshop where he spend hours reading books from the high shelves and starts talking to him!

What follows is four labyrinths where Rintaro must go to figure out a way to dissuade people from imprisoning, mistreating and destroying books, using his own logic and reason.

This is a really heart-warming tale, a deceptively simple yet engaging and complex story.

I borrowed a copy of this book from Taunton Library and listened to it on CloudLibrary. I read this for prompt 16, an omniscient narrator, for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2024.

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kirkspockreads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Utterly delightful.

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palmkd'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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a book about both the love of books and idealism vs reality. It's a tale of magical realism following high school student Rintaro Natsuki just after his grandfather passes away. Translated from Japanese, this story feels both like a parable and a peek at Japanese culture. The story itself feels rather cozy and was a very nice listen. There was a note from the translator included with the audio version I listened to which was also very nice to hear some tidbits about why they chose to translate certain things the way they did.

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