{"id":17658,"date":"2011-01-04T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T20:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=17658"},"modified":"2011-01-04T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T20:53:41","slug":"reed-desmond-the-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=17658","title":{"rendered":"Reed, Desmond &#8211; The Neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/desmondreed\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17659\" title=\"neighbor1\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor1-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor1-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor1.jpg 808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Neighbor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ah, cats. It&#8217;s a sad but true fact that the inclusion of cats in a comic will make me more likely to enjoy it. Yes, I&#8217;m a guy in his mid 30&#8217;s with one cat who is somehow still managing to turn into a crazy cat lady. Still, I like to think that I wouldn&#8217;t like a book JUST because it had cats, and going by that theory I&#8217;ll say that this is an objectively good book, not just a good book because of the cat. Anyway, this book deals with a cat that is new to a neighborhood and has the place all to itself. No communal litterbox like at the cat shelter and everybody loves it.\u00c2\u00a0 Things take a sudden turn for the worse when this cat notices another cat just across the way, but this other cat seems to be evil. I&#8217;ll say no more, but I will say that I loved the fact that Desmond mentioned in his letter that I was allowed to use the artwork in the review as long as I didn&#8217;t spoil the ending. I understand that that could be a problem at some other sites, but your secret is safe with me. After all, in the few comics of his that I&#8217;ve read so far, the ending has been the best part, as every time it&#8217;s managed to be clever and unexpected while still fitting in perfectly with the rest of the story. No mean feat, and he&#8217;s three for three at the moment. $2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17660\" title=\"neighbor2\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor2-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor2-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor2-656x1024.jpg 656w, https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/neighbor2.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website The Neighbor Ah, cats. It&#8217;s a sad but true fact that the inclusion of cats in a comic will make me more likely to enjoy it. Yes, I&#8217;m a guy in his mid 30&#8217;s with one cat who is somehow still managing to turn into a crazy cat lady. Still, I like to think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4296,4465],"class_list":["post-17658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-desmond-reed","tag-the-neighbor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17662,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17658\/revisions\/17662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}