Review: A Cat Called Hope - The Final Chapter
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
I have read each of these short stories about a cat named Marx. The storyline is much the the same in each. Marx is a cat that essentially lives day to day not really knowing trust in adult humans but finds that he is drawn to a small girl in a protective way. In this "final chapter" he is forced to leave her behind & is on his own again.  I have also read the new story supposedly defining a new beginning in his life. Each story I have read thus far has always left me with a real sense of sadness for this little creature. I know that all animals do not have love & someone or something they can trust in however as I like a story with a "feel good" ending, this series does not accomplish that for me. I was hoping the new beginning was going in that direction, but if so, it's very slow to develop. If "feel good" endings do not matter to you, you may like this series, but I read to help me to forget all the depressing things going on in the world we live in today, not to make me feel depressed when I finish a book. I will add that the author does adequately describe the story events. It's just not my reading preference.