A Cat and His Human

League of Losers, Book 1

De: Michael Atamanov, Alix Merlin Williamson - translator

Narrado por: James Fouhey

Duración: 11 h y 51 m

Resumen del Editor

When our protagonist, Andrei, discovers that his girlfriend has cheated on him, he finds himself with an unexpected choice to make: a quick death or a new life in another world he knows absolutely nothing about.

Andrei chooses life and sets off alongside his pet, a ginger cat with a limp, for a primeval world fraught with danger. The trouble is...who is whose pet becomes entirely unclear; the man's consciousness is split between both creatures, and the little cat gets a far greater share of intelligence and wit than his hulking master. What do you do as a weak little kitty? Abandon the clumsy human who always seems to get into trouble and go in search of a new master? Or protect your human body in the hope of one day returning to it?

©2020 Michael Atamanov (P)2020 Tantor

Such a fun ride!

I couldn't put this book down. Like all of his books, it's incredibly imaginative and makes me want to play D&D. Dive in and swim like a fish!

A Sneaky Buddy Comedy in the LitRPG genre

I wasn't expecting much when I started this book, the main character seemed somewhat like a thug; a bit dumb and brutish. But I gave it a chance because it had a cute kitten in it that somehow was a main character. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that this was actually somewhat of a buddy comedy with the kitten being the smarter of the two.

The POV is shared between the two main characters, with chapters alternating between the two perspectives constantly shifting how a scene can be interpreted. in some cases a scene will be revisited from the other perspective to give additional context. The dynamic is a bit odd with both characters attempting to survive with one having the capabilities to act and the other struggling to do so when he knows better. the strange thing is is that this pattern actually kind of works.

The book isn't always haha funny but it is greatly entertaining and fun to see where a main character is clearly making mistakes while somehow being "lucky" enough to survive and even often succeed in crazy plans. All the while the reason for a success is sitting right next to him as a lucky charm with four paws.

This is clearly a Russian translation with some aspects of the culture and history only Russians might know showing through a few times in the book, but overall it was not distracting.

There is a bit of a cliffhanger at the end, but certainly worth picking up the next book for.

Great beginning to a series

I was concerned that this story would be a bit juvenile. But my assumption was greatly proven to be wrong. This was a lot darker of a series than I originally expected, especially with the cover art and childish title. Great story a bit dark, which I prefer.

Sometimes it's nice to see things from a Russian

Part of the reason I enjoy this author is due to his foreign perspective and how he shows that people are people no matter where you're from. He also shows that the governments are corrupt no matter where you go (even when you leave this world for a new one).

He surprised me with the difficulty in perspectives that were used in this story and I would very much like to get the next book in this series to see how he has the MCs solve the problems presented.

Better than Dark Herbalist

This series doesn't seem to get much love, but overall I enjoyed it more than the first book in his other more popular Dark Herbalist series. It's likely because of the cat lol as despite Sergeant being the MC, Whiskers is the real MC and has probably the best chapters.


****small spoiler

You do kind of need to understand that The MC kind of splits into a man and a cat with each taking some primary stats. Which is likely why Sergeant is actually much dumber than his Earth Counterpart as Whiskers got the more Intelligent based stats....probably why both of their luck is low as well, as they likely split it.

surprisingly enjoyable!

Once I speeded up the playback I enjoyed listening. I really got into the whole world building. Andre and the kitten Whiskers as they learned the rules of gameplay and advancement. from the artwork I expected the story to be more juvenile and the absence of swearing would indicate a younger target audience. However I really liked the plot, character development, the parts of this new world not yet explained. I'm looking forward to finding the next book in a (hopefully) series

Pleasantly Surprised

The most memorable moment is when the psionic realizes it's the Cat! It's a good read.

It's ok, but not great.

there are several gripes I have with this book. The first is that they spend entirely too much time at the beginning going on about about the MC's ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and how he's a thug, the implausibility of the demon granting him a chance at a life on another world, blah, blah. Then the MC kind of being an idiot in the new world. The only thing that made me continue listening was the cat. Honestly the cat's the best part. As the book progresses it does get better. But there are parts where again you just want to yell and be like, "why are y'all so stupid?" A handful of times, even the MC reminds you that his intelligence is low, but even a bunch of the other characters are absolute idiots. It's frustrating. The last 10 minutes of the book however hook you into wanting to read the next book so be aware of that. If you increase the narrator speed to 1.2 then the narrator is good. All in all, this isn't a bad book, but if a smart characters is what you're looking for, this may not be the book for you.

Watch out for whiskers

When you make whiskers mad, he’ll make you go then he will slow you down. lol

Another great hit

One of the better ones so far, I’m truly enjoying this author. I hope the rest of the series maintains the momentum and doesn’t rush to a hasty end.