Clara Whiskers reviews Muffin the robocat...
From Ed Adams ‘Peacekeeping’ an ARC review of a single chapter. Okay, I need to be very clear up front: I am a lifelong cat person. I have had aloof cats, clingy cats, slightly evil cats, one that lived inside a laundry basket for six months, and one that only loved me when I was crying. So when this scene started with: “They’ve removed everything that makes it a cat” …I was ready to be offended. And yet. Why did I fall for Muffin? Somewhere between: “Not exploring. Arriving.” and “The response came immediately.” …I was gone. What this book gets (and this is rare, even in books with real animals) is that cats are not just “cute” — they are about presence . And Muffin has that. Almost too perfectly. It doesn’t beg It doesn’t perform It doesn’t need It just… is there in exactly the right way And as a reader, you feel the same thing Jennifer feels: “No decision required… It simply… worked.” Which is honestly a bit terrifying when you stop to think about it. The little details that go...
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