I am going to be very frank about The Rabbis Cat, it was not what I expected for a graphic novel. It was worse than I thought it would be and I will tell you why.
For one thing, the art of the entire graphic novel really got to me. Being an art major, I appreciate art that doesn't look like that it was done by a five year old. I am not saying that it is utterly horrible, just that its so inconsistent that it hurts my eyes. That cat changes his shape so often that I think it is made out of Play Doh. It was just too distracting for me while I was reading it.
Speaking of the story, what was the point of it? It follows a basic story I guess, but it is so disconnected from itself that it hardly qualifies as a story.
Besides the story and the art, my biggest problem with the graphic novel was the cat. That's right, the cat. To me he seems like a complete jerk when he is given the gift of speech. He keeps contradicting the Rabbi's rabbi and just generally getting people mad. The way I was brought up was that you do not question peoples religion. Its just not proper. Also he just tells lies when he speaks. Not a very good attribute to have when you can finally speak.
Maybe I am being too hard on the entire novel. Maybe there is supposed to be some sort of message in it all and I don't get it. I don't know. Until then my opinion stays.
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