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This is a propaganda book passed off as nonfiction and written to discourage kids from doing drugs. I know a lot of people had a connection to the book and that it did impact some growing up so that's why I don't want to rate it. I'm an adult with a whole lotta life experience and it's not a book that was written for me. I do feel it's more antiquated at this point because fear tactics are not the best way to discourage drug use in teens, so it's not something that I would ever give to my kids to read. I understand now why my library does not have a physical copy of this book available.

Arikawa did a great job with connecting you to Nana, which was obviously important since he was one of the MCs even though he's a cat. The bonding between Nana and Satoru truly felt very organic and not forced at all. Even with this being a short book and with quite a few characters popping up, none of the pages were wasted. Everything was important to the story, nothing dragged on, everything had a purpose.

The ending was not a surprise really as there is foreshadowing throughout the book, but with the connection that I was able to make to Satoru and Nana and their relationship, I didn't need to be surprised by it. It still took me for a ride even with me knowing what was going to happen.

Definite recommend and with it not being a beast of a book, I will likely read this one again.

This is not a mystery book like I was lead to believe. The murderer of the dog confesses it about halfway through the book. I really enjoyed seeing everything through Christoper's eyes and how the world relates to him. However, after the reveal, it turns into a family drama. It completely lost me at that point. Due to the way it is written, I was not able to connect to the situations or issues and it just fell flat at that point.

I gave it 2 stars because I did genuinely enjoy the first half of the book.