The World According to Cats is a cute little book. I really enjoy Susie Yi's Cat and Cat webcomic. She's built an ongoing set of stories and personalities between four different cats (two inspired by her own and two fictional). I was looking forward to the same sweetness, humor, and personalities as her webcomic in this little coffee table book.

This little book is not what I expected. It's not bad, but it's ... missing that certain je ne sais quoi. The World According to Cats is not a continuation of her comic, although Mickey and Minnie do feature heavily. A couple of the comics included in here are ones I've seen, but they are all based around certain themes that try to explain how cats behave. If anything, The World According to Cats felt more like a children's book illustrated with Yi's cat comics. It's certainly the type of thing I would recommend to a young reader, but it's not for me. I think her series work and story arcs are much stronger in her webcomic, though I do not regret supporting her by buying this book.

I will be passing forward The World According to Cats to the next reader, hopefully one who is not already familiar with Yi's work and will discover her from it, especially with her other upcoming graphic novels and the recent book deal. I wish Yi all the best and much success. ( )