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Penny, by Karl Stevens

prettymuchbooks's review

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Loved reading about a cat and her adventures/shenanigans and her pondering about life πŸ«’πŸ±πŸ˜‡

I needed a light read and this graphic memoir was it! πŸ˜ŒπŸ™πŸ½

courtneyjx's review

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funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

Beautiful illustrations.Β 

oscar101's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.25

mountainreader's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

nicolekaiser's review

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funny medium-paced

3.0

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5.0

I was a little confused about the ending, but adored this graphic novel. Great art work. Each page really stands alone as vignettes. And I could really relate to this cat and her existential ponderings.

lcarslibrarian's review

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4.0

Doug bought this for me as a surprise and it was such a sweet and darkly funny imagining of what goes on in a cat’s mind. Between the boyfriends who are her toys, the dark portal of the door, and getting high on catnip Penny stumbles from ennui to existential crisis. Honestly, very relatable!

phdoyle's review

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funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.75

Weirdly a little heavy for a graphic novel about cats but πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ To each their own. Maybe not super my thing because it was so philosophical but still a fun read

andrael's review

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lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

3.25

briface's review

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5.0

Another contender for my top graphic novels of the year. Penny (the book, not that cat) captures the existence of a house cat perfectly while existentially musing on the purpose of life. The floor portals and zoomies scenes were hilarious! I already could barely stand to leave my cats alone for a long weekend and now it's going to be that much harder! The illustrations are gorgeous and Penny's facial expressions are identical to my cat Calvin's. I also enjoyed the glimpses into the humans lives, relatable.