Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

17 reviews

lexcellent's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Medical content, and Death of parent

harleyqueen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

A cat makes a human friend who changes his life forever but a time has come where he needs to find a new home for nana. We follow them on their road trip meeting up with friends through the people and the cats perspective . Read to see how this beuitufl story ends .such a heartwarming and tearjerking story with a reminder to not take life for granted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

faithtaylor's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

All I do is ready my silly little books and CRY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

gracie_reads_everything's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

xgabrielle_hx's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dariarp's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

knightylight's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This book was absolutely a lovely journey, and also a tear jerker. It's about the exploration of a person's life through flashbacks and also through the point of view of his cat that he found as a stray. This story goes into the different kinds of love and friendships we create through our lives, with people and with animals. Loved ones can enter our lives for forever, or for a season- but ultimately the connections we make are never a waste. 

This is a must read for not only cat lovers, but for any pet lover; however it is an emotional journey so tissues are a must. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Medical content

the book follows the main human character going from place to place, visiting old family and friends to look for someone to leave his cat with. We learn this is because the main human has a terminal illness and will need to be hospitalized, with not long to live. It's hard seeing the character who was so lively in flashbacks and at the beginning start to deteriorate, especially from the perspective of his cat who doesn't fully understand what is happening. The illness isnt specifically mentioned by name or described, but the main human character dies from it. The final chapter also has the cat die of old age. The sweet thing is they get to reunite at the end of the story. For anyone triggered by terminal illnesses, cancer, or animal death, I advise some caution even if it isn't super explicit.

isabezza's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

I was recommended this story as a tear-jerker by my aunt, a cat-lover. I loved our narrative voice, Nana the cat - captured hilariously by the author! Nana was kind and amusing, recognising both the intelligence of himself and the readers. This is definitely an emotive read, and one you could finish in a day. A fantastic read for anyone who would love the comedy of understanding a cat's mind, or readers moved by life stories. I enjoyed that there were multiple short stories from our protagonist's life included in the chapters, however this meant I had to refocus my attention often. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, and Medical content

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Abandonment

sjcou's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol