The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

The first half of this book is just as good as anything Heinlein ever wrote. However, the second half leaves something to be desired. I mean, really leaves[return]something to be desired. While it isn't as confusing as the ending of to sail beyond the sunset, it makes up for this with the fact that it really sucks.[return]When you start coming across many characters you recognize from other books, it's time to stop reading. Make up your own ending if you must. You'll be[return]happier.

This book goes from kinda weird to totally bananas at about 60%. After that I really couldn't tell what was going on, nor did I care all that much. I knew nothing of Heinlein before reading it, and kept feeling like I was missing something.

A fun read, though there was a little too much deus ex machina toward the end... or should I say Lazarus Long ex machina?

Edit: or perhaps Alien space bats. LOL.

It's readable, but in the end depresses me and leaves a bad taste, not only through the dismal ending but through the randomness of the ending, the arbitrary way in which it's done, and the feel in retrospect of the whole thing, of a kid pulling out toys and playing with them for a while before throwing them carelessly back in the box.

(Brief review written in 1986. I had bought the book but later got rid of it.)