Monique's Reviews > The Bobcat: A Novel

This novel follows Lauriele, an art major, who struggles to cope after being sexually assaulted at a party in University. She transfers schools and moves to Vermont where she starts to heal. She meets a young man, a hiker, and a bobcat who help with her healing. Lauriele’s artwork also helps her express herself without words.

The writing style was unique with tons of description and very little dialogue. As such I found the novel had to get into and it took me a while to get used to the style. Once I did I became engrossed in the novel. The writing is beautifully poetic with great symmetry and emotions.

The characters were amazingly well written with each character slowly reveling themselves. The budding romance between the hiker and Lauriele was written well except near the end when the hikers secret is revealed. I didn’t agree that such a small thing should lead to such a big disaster. There was a ton of research that went into the novel; from famous artists and their style to viruses. At times this dragged the novel down a bit as I have no interested in art but it did help define the characters more.

In summary this was a good literature piece with strong characters, an good plot and an unique writing style. Do not read this tired or in the mood for a easy read because if your mind wanders you will miss important details.

Thank you Netgalley and Skyhorse Publishing for this ARC.