I finished this book a little while back and I can't honestly say that it was really worth reading. Unless you're obsessed with cats or something... I mean it was pretty cute (especially around page twenty-four-ish when the author talks about Dewey's life around the library), but it isn't at all relevant to anything we will ever learn and it isn't that interesting. I did think that the author made some good writing craft choices, though. For example, the parts of the story are chunked by perspective where you'd have a long section of Dewey's point of view and then several chapters of his owner's point of view. By having larger chunks, the reader is able to make smoother transitions and get deeper into each point of view. Overall, if you REALLY like cats, you might like it, but for most people, it's not worth looking at. Except for the cover. Dewey's a pretty fluffy cat. (The cover is on the left...)
Monday, May 26, 2014
Life After Dewey
I finished this book a little while back and I can't honestly say that it was really worth reading. Unless you're obsessed with cats or something... I mean it was pretty cute (especially around page twenty-four-ish when the author talks about Dewey's life around the library), but it isn't at all relevant to anything we will ever learn and it isn't that interesting. I did think that the author made some good writing craft choices, though. For example, the parts of the story are chunked by perspective where you'd have a long section of Dewey's point of view and then several chapters of his owner's point of view. By having larger chunks, the reader is able to make smoother transitions and get deeper into each point of view. Overall, if you REALLY like cats, you might like it, but for most people, it's not worth looking at. Except for the cover. Dewey's a pretty fluffy cat. (The cover is on the left...)
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That's a really cute cat! I understand why you picked that up now.
ReplyDeleteJust curious, how did they do the transitions? It seems hard to me at least for an author to darastically change point of view like that and for it to still flow. I think he might deserve some more credit. Though thanks for the review of the book!~