I read this book after reading 1Q84, and I found certain similarities interesting.

This book had a slow start. The premise floats around alternating chapters of Kafka - a teen that has run away from home to live another life - and an event during WWII where a bunch of kids fell unconscious in Japan.

Though, in no time, both narratives ramp up into disjointed realities, violence, weird sex, and dreams. All dispersed between introspective pits for characters that wonder who their true selves are and if they could ever become who they feel they were meant to be.

There are so many cats in the world, and Siamese cats are the most sociably articulate and helpful. Carry sardines around if you plan to become a cat tracker. Word of advice: if you ever run into Johnnie Walker, it may be best to turn away.

I rotated between both the Audible audiobook and the paperback. The narration was fantastic. I would recommend either format.

Less than a week after completing this novel, I walked into my bedroom and was faced with a large slug slowly appearing from underneath my bed. Since this was my only opportunity, I didn't turn away. I let it crawl onto some tissue before I ran upstairs and dumped it into a carnivorous pitcher plant.

The next day, I verified that it was dead and being digested.

Great book. Meow.