This is your sign not to read the reviews before reading the book.
I was so looking forward to this—I mean it’s CATS, right?—and then I skimmed the reviews and was soo disappointed. But still decided to read it. And look at me loving it! I will admit, this was not what I expected. It was not the cute, uplifting story about cats nor was it the absolutely wretched wreck the reviews promised me. It was short and sweet, it was sad in places, it was raw and real human emotion. The author picked up on some heavy topics like age, illness, family problems, etc. That will not be easy to read for everyone because in the way the stories are kept vague, you can see yourself in each of them. I get why some people don’t like reading that, especially if you’re expecting to be reading about cute cats and cute cats only. The only two criticisms I have are that I wish the last two chapters had been switched. Chapter 6 was so cute and hopeful at the end and chapter 7 was so devastating, I wish we could’ve ended on the happier one. Also, the majority of the stories felt unfinished and while I see the intent behind that, I would’ve loved to read about HOW exactly the cats changed the lives of the people. What happened next? We’re meeting all these people at a turning point in their lives but we never get to see which way they choose.



