I Was the Cat

author: Paul Tobin

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.07

book published: 2014

rating: 0

read at: 2014/08/15

date added: 2014/08/15

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'I Was the Cat' is an interesting concept for a graphic novel, but by the end, I felt like it was a little long and meandered a bit. Still, what's not to like about a talking cat with schemes to rule the world.



Allison Breaking is a blogger with a blog titled Breaking News. When she is hired by a mysterious client named Burma, she takes on the job and discovers that her client is a talking feline living in high style. Burma tells her of his nine lives. He lived in many different eras, like Ancient Egypt, and was in the lives of famous people, like Audrey Hepburn and Teddy Roosevelt. Throughout all these different lives, we see his attempts to rule the world and how they were foiled by time and circumstances. He is now poised to try again, and there is a vast shadowy network that appears to be doing his bidding, both feline and human.



Which all sounds interesting, but seems to meander and loiter to the point where I felt like I didn't much care by the time it ended. Also, it was light and fun in tone, but then violent and deadly. It was a weird juxtaposition. Still, Paul Tobin weaves a goofy story here that I ended up liking and Benjamin Dewey's art is good. I liked it, but I just didn't love it.



I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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