Rocket: Well it’s about time I read you something that doesn’t suck. I was kind of afraid that I would have to start taking Valium or something.
Skylark: Today’s book review is for Terry Pratchett’s delightful trifle, The Unadulterated Cat.
Rocket: It’s about cats that do weird things and mess with your mind, with quantum mechanics. Its the kind of stuff that only super smart scientists and the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 can ever hope to understand. These are the real cats — Schrodinger’s cats. Cats that mess up the laws of time and space and appear under your bed curled up and happy the morning after you tossed them outside. These cats are the opposite of those insanely cute villain cats that only exist in movies, comics and kitty rating sites.
Skylark: Yes, that just about says it all. Gray Jolliffe’s delightful cartoons only add whimsy to Pratchett’s lighthearted yet brainy style of prose. The narrative sails along very quickly and it only gets more entertaining after repeated readings. Definitely something the children can read aloud to the entire family, but full of enough saucy references to keep the adults entertained. It also “has standardized tests” to determine if your cat is a “real cat” and ways of acquiring one of these paradoxical felines if you want one.
Rocket: I can’t believe we actually agree on a book.
Skylark: Yes, that’s a bit of probability anomaly if ever there was one.
Rocket: Yeah, what you said!
Skylark: And that concludes our review of The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett. Thank you for reading.
