If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura (2012): A Review
Title : If Cats Disappeared from the World Author : Genki Kawamura Publication Year : 2012 Pages : 202 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Literary Fiction Source : Audiobook @storytel.tr Let’s start with the title, “If Cats Disappeared from the World.” I was ready to give it 1 star if the book made the cats disappear. Spoiler alert: it did not. The cats and the stars are safe. I have ambivalent feelings about this book. I liked it and wanted to give it 5 stars, but by chapter 2, my feeling dropped to 3 stars. When I realized the cats were safe, it settled at 4 stars. What is the story about? We follow a narrator who receives the devastating news that he has stage 4 cancer and doesn’t have long to live. The story is heart-wrenching as it is about his last days on Earth. However, a humorous twist occurs when a devil or the narrator's doppelgänger appears, offering to add a day to his life for each thing he agrees to make disappear from the world. Who wouldn’t want to live one more day, es...