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A review by elizabethmercas
If Cats Disappeared From The World by Genki Kawamura
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
I found the book underwhelming and incredibly average.
I wonder if the translation let this novella down... It was written in base American 'movie' English and at times felt like a teenager had written it. The story follows a very dull and astonishingly self-centered 30 year old man who makes a deal with the Devil making things disappear one at a time for an extra day of life. In the course of this he indulges in much trite and repetitive musings on things like time(who could have believed that clocks are a human-made construct?!), mobile phones (the almighty "they limit our great potential but on the other hand they're kinda useful") and cats (pretty self-explanatory)
I felt like the story didn't have any character, nor the characters any personality.
I wonder if the translation let this novella down... It was written in base American 'movie' English and at times felt like a teenager had written it. The story follows a very dull and astonishingly self-centered 30 year old man who makes a deal with the Devil making things disappear one at a time for an extra day of life. In the course of this he indulges in much trite and repetitive musings on things like time(who could have believed that clocks are a human-made construct?!), mobile phones (the almighty "they limit our great potential but on the other hand they're kinda useful") and cats (pretty self-explanatory)
I felt like the story didn't have any character, nor the characters any personality.