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The Guest Cat
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bookshelves: authors-of-color, literary-fiction, diverse, non-ya, 3-stars, unpopular-opinion, eh, reviewed
Feb 22, 2024
bookshelves: authors-of-color, literary-fiction, diverse, non-ya, 3-stars, unpopular-opinion, eh, reviewed
my new favorite niche subgenre is japanese literary fiction about cats.
if my family group chat were run through a poetic writing machine, it'd be the dog version of this book.
this is 140 pages of obsession about a pet, which is excessively relatable to anyone who has ever sworn up and down their dog / cat / bird / whatever has a full and inarguable human personality if you just OBSERVE.
this is very lovely-ly written, but felt almost too relatable to me–almost to the point of bland/one note. also i caught myself comparing it to if cats disappeared from the world, which is an impossible standard.
but it was a good time!
bottom line: pets have personalities. that's it.
if my family group chat were run through a poetic writing machine, it'd be the dog version of this book.
this is 140 pages of obsession about a pet, which is excessively relatable to anyone who has ever sworn up and down their dog / cat / bird / whatever has a full and inarguable human personality if you just OBSERVE.
this is very lovely-ly written, but felt almost too relatable to me–almost to the point of bland/one note. also i caught myself comparing it to if cats disappeared from the world, which is an impossible standard.
but it was a good time!
bottom line: pets have personalities. that's it.
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January 12, 2024
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March 6, 2024
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March 6, 2024
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Feb 23, 2024 05:13AM
there’s a book called i am a cat you should check out!!
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A wonderful film for you to find, when you're taking a break from books: Rent-a-Cat or Rent-a-Neko by Naoko Ogigami.
Agreed ! I literally have a whole shelf of them
I agree! I read ‘the Travelling Cat Chronicles’ last year, and since then, I have heard of several other Japanese cat books. I am all for this sub-genre!
i didn't think you could get any better but you love cats? which is such a green flag, british shorthairs are life's greatest invention ever
this one was so sweet - i too have been swayed to translated cat fic
Same!!! LOL I love this sub genre too much
ShansReading wrote: "Same!!! LOL I love this sub genre too much"the hits keep coming
emma ⚘ wrote: "I LOVE MY CATS"woo!
adira wrote: "i didn't think you could get any better but you love cats? which is such a green flag, british shorthairs are life's greatest invention ever"i haven't always but a roommate with cats converted me
Margaret wrote: "I agree! I read ‘the Travelling Cat Chronicles’ last year, and since then, I have heard of several other Japanese cat books. I am all for this sub-genre!"have to add that one to my list!
Allana wrote: "Agreed ! I literally have a whole shelf of them"goals
Amy wrote: "The cover alone makes me want to read it"it's such a good cover
Alex wrote: "there’s a book called i am a cat you should check out!!"sold!
Totally agree, I am slowly building a collection of Japanese lit fiction either about cats or with cats on the cover!
