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doseofromance's review
Another problem with the MMC is his absolutely pointless hatred and disdain for cats. Like what the hell is your problem? It's completely fine to like dogs more or even dislike cats, but he's going out of his way to shit on them. Also why would you openly insult cats to a person that has made a career out of caring for cats? At least read the room. Similarly though, Kitty (can't believe that's her full name) is wrong for saying dog people only like dogs because they are obedient and are so needy that you feel good about yourself. Idiotic and shame-y.
Kitty is further annoying for swapping curses with cat words. She uses meow in several instances as a synonym for similarly sounding words. Why? She also says things like "thank catness (goodness)". Please stop. Kitty also gets offended about people questioning the validity of her career as a catsitter and calls it a double standard because dog sitter is a perfectly acceptable career. First of all, neither is a career. A job, yes. A career, no. Like what are your advancement options? What training did you go through? How hard is it to watch a ca? She repeatedly victimizes herself as a cat person and catsitter that is being hated on and not taken seriously by a dog centered world. Please really sit on this thought. Is that really the biggest issue we face? It must also be said that we don't actually see Kitty do that much work. And she's not very good at the little she does do. For example, if I hire you to actively watch and play with my cats while I work and then you text me that my cat knocked over my Lego Hogwarts set and one piece broke, I would simply not pay you. Your specific purpose is to WATCH the cats, so they are kept business and don't destroy my house. Why are they destroying stuff then? Kitty also only has two moves to train cats. Treats and a water gun. Now, I might be wrong, but is it not very bad to spray cats with water? First, it's mean, second, I'm very sure you're not supposed to do that with any animal to punish them. It's not abuse per se, but definitely more than questionable, especially for a payed professional.
All in all, the casual sexism, sexualizing of women, open and unconscious misogyny, and lack of diversity (the MMC's neighbors are a gay couple, but on page we see no lgbtq+ person or person with a disability or poc) were the real issue and problem with this book. Everything else I listed was annoying and made me want to give the books 3 stars at best, if the story wasn't also only meh, but I would have stuck it out. Authors, please please please do better. If I wanted men like the ones in this book, I could simply go outside.
TW: discussions of death, caring for a parent with dementia, off page: death of a parent and a child/brother
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. I voluntarily read and reviewed it. All opinions are my own.
Graphic: Death and Dementia
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexism, and Death of parent
It is very very heavy on the cat puns. The way men close to the MMC talk about women in general and the FMC is very sexualizing and uncomfortable.kyleethecatlady's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Dementia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content and Grief
mrsjoylovesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
This book is definitely a cat lover's book. I'll be honest, I'm more of a dog person and non-shedding dogs specifically. The couple times where the MC mentioned having to have lids on coffee cups to avoid drinking cat hair just proved to me that I am not the type of person who's willing to deal with car hair. Kitty does a great job of understanding that not everyone loves cats and she shows equal amounts of love to Miles' dog.
What I love about this book is that the 3rd act conflict isn't between Kitty and Miles. It's a major moment for Kitty and Miles gets involved, but there's no breakup right before the HEA ending. This was a fun read to start off July.
Moderate: Dementia and Grief
peacelovereading's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
ktdakotareads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Medical content
theespressoedition's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content
lmeierhoff's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
However I can’t rate it higher because it’s got too much social media stuff (which I despise) and some passages where the writing really bothered me.
Moderate: Child death, Dementia, and Death of parent
tamsterdam_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Dementia and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child death, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
dianapiskor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Child death, Dementia, and Death of parent