This review includes spoilers.
Review:
This follows a pair of dock cats in Malta named Cilla and Betto. When Cilla is told a story about a quiet garden where all cats are welcome, they (I can't remember if Cilla's gender was ever mentioned) become obsessed with finding the door to the garden. Betto is more reluctant but goes along anyway to keep an eye on Cilla. Their journey is partly depicted as taking place through famous artworks.
Cilla and Betto were charming. Unfortunately, their journey didn't work quite as well for me, and I absolutely didn't expect that moment of horror when I finally realized what Dolce (a wise older cat who Betto recognized wasn't giving any concrete answers) meant when they said that the door to the quiet garden could be found in Gozo. Spoiler: Dolce was talking about death.
So yeah, this got a bit weird and creepy, but Betto and Cilla were both fine in the end. Cilla experienced some disappointment, but that was about it - I don't think that cat even came to the same level of understanding that Betto eventually did.
I enjoyed the artwork, but for the most part this graphic novel seemed fairly pointless to me.
Extras:
There's a multi-page note at the end about all the famous works of art that were referenced throughout the story.
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