A review by lavendermarch
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

4.0

This was a cute, quick read with a sweet, inspiring story that was entwined with nuggets of wisdom about books, reading, and life. It reminded me a bit of Before the Coffee Gets Cold with its four-part structure, but The Cat Who Saved Books followed one main character (plus the aforementioned cat and Sayo,
Spoilerthe protagonist's classmate/friend/love interest
) throughout, although he visited four different labyrinths. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to other book lovers. I didn't agree with absolutely everything that it said (you don't always have to climb mountains when reading; in my opinion, gentle hikes are perfectly fine most of the time!) but the line that "empathy [...] is the power of books" really resonated with me. 4 stars.