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Reviews tagging 'Grief'
Het verhaal van de kat die boeken wilde redden by Sōsuke Natsukawa
80 reviews
snickahz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
This book is cute, well written, and the characters and idea is wonderful. However, the bad guys aren’t bad.
The first villain loves book, but doesn’t reread them. *gasps* How dare someone only read something once.
The second bad guy summarizes classical literature so that more people will read it, because “You can listen to music while you’re jogging, but you can’t read a book.” I am guessing the author hasn’t heard of audiobooks? Most likely, he just doesn’t see that as truly reading.
The third is a publishing CEO who doesn’t publish classical literature and only popular, modern books that have ‘shallow ideas.’ I wonder how the author would feel about the fact that Jane Austen, Sheakespeare, and Oscar Wilde were all considered trash and thoughtless when they were first published. There’s plenty of modern best sellers that have great themes and philosophies. Also just because you like romance doesn’t mean you will forget empathy.
It’s a good story overall, but it’s definitely just a disguised rant.
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
lucyatoz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, translated from Japanese into English by Louise Heal Kawai, is the magical story of Rintaro. One day, following the death of his Grandpa, a tabby cat walks into the bookshop where he spend hours reading books from the high shelves and starts talking to him!
What follows is four labyrinths where Rintaro must go to figure out a way to dissuade people from imprisoning, mistreating and destroying books, using his own logic and reason.
This is a really heart-warming tale, a deceptively simple yet engaging and complex story.
I borrowed a copy of this book from Taunton Library and listened to it on CloudLibrary. I read this for prompt 16, an omniscient narrator, for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2024.
Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent
palmkd'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death and Grief
kathi_90'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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Fatphobia
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness and Grief
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement and Pandemic/Epidemic
rinku'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? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, and Grief
Minor: Kidnapping and Death of parent
craftysnailtail's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
Nevertheless, the theme is heartwarming and makes you think about why you love books and what reading means to you emotionally. The character development was sweet and I'm a bit of a sucker for books about books, so I do think it's worth a read if you're interested in a pleasant and warm story. Plus who doesn't enjoy a talking cat?
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death
Minor: Death of parent
ehmannky's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Moderate: Death and Grief
serendipity421's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief
paige_hollingsworth99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Death and Fatphobia