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Okay damn I read throught that quick. I didn't know it was an illustrated sort of graphic novel thing but I guess it was.

Thank you to the publisher for giving me a free copy of the book.

I loved the artwork of the book. The story was really nice too. I think it's important to know that even though you own a pet and the pet might pass before you, you will still have the memory and the past existence of that cat with you for the rest of your life or at least the majority of it.

A pet is not just for the moment, a pet is for life <3

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This was a cute story about the love a cat has towards its owner. The drawings were great and I loved the storyline.

Thank you to the publisher for the arc for my honest opinion

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this was super cute and sweet and made me cry. the art was lovely. made me hug and squeeze my cats. they hated it.

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This is such a simple book but it is done beautifully!

The book was gorgeous and it is definitely a book for anyone who has ever loved and lost a cat to add to their collection. It really tugged at my heart-strings, it is very sweet and one to help treasure the memories you had with your companion.

It is 5 stars from me for this one – very highly recommended.

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This was a wonderful and heartwarming short book about the depth of cats' love for their favourite humans. They love the way their humans are devoted to them, by always making sure they're fed their favourite foods like tuna, giving them good scratches, saving doo window spots for them, stimulating them through various play activities like the mysterious red laser dot, the human smell, resting on their limbs, providing a warm bed and earning cats' trust by providing them with a safe, loving and comfortable environment. And for humans, cats helped enrich their lives, as well as providing a warm bedhead. And they're always connected at the heart, and they're together forever.in spirit.

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A sweet little gift book for anyone who has ever loved and lost a beloved cat. The drawings are cute and the sentiment is in the right place.

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I don't believe we need this in our library collection as it is a picture book for adults and that probably wouldn't be too popular with our public; but it is a sweet book!

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

This makes the perfect gift for someone who just lost their cat. It's a sweet remembrance of all the things one does for their sassy fur babies and how much they appreciate it. The writing balances sweet and sad with a bit of funny and pairs simple black and white illustrations to demonstrate the sentiments.

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I am a cat person. I have been since I was two years old and tried to steal a kitten who was too young to leave her mother. That was sixty-five years ago, and in that time I have had the honor of living with twenty-six cats, all dearly loved, of whom I have had to say good-bye to twenty-one. So, when I saw this book on NetGalley, I knew it was for me.

This is a charming and loving book. It is very clear that the author loved and was loved in return by a cat. In the notes at the end of the book we find out that the kitty’s name was Hedda, and that the lovely drawings throughout the book are of her. It is also quite clear that Hedda has passed away, and that the author has gone through the grieving process. The descriptions are handled tastefully and beautifully, but there is no escaping the pain, just as there is no escaping it in life. I always told my children that cats’ lives are shorter than ours, and the price we pay for the pleasure of their company is losing them.

I heartily recommend this book both for children and adults. Although this is about a cat, it could be about any pet. Love is love, after all. Too often we are criticized for mourning a pet, as if the exchange of love and the intertwining of lives for many years somehow shouldn’t count. It does matter, it matters a lot. I wish I had had this heartfelt book when my kids were young, it would have helped all of us. Keep this in mind when someone you like or love suffers a bereavement, this book would be a loving gesture in the middle of their pain.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC, the opinions are my own.

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This is a gorgeous and simple book that anyone who has ever loved and lost a cat needs in their collection. It made me laugh, cry, and most importantly, remember. Highly recommended.

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Being an owner of many cats over the years, suffering there loss and currently having an older cat I can honestly say this book touched me, I felt myself getting emotional reading it and I can see this being a great help, no I know it will be a great help to someone having lost their first cat or someone like me who has been given the gift of many fur baby companions. The illustrations are beautiful and fit so well, you know this is written by a true cat lover and owner as they have experienced the sane pain, loss and understanding of a cat owner. Nothing at all can take away the pain, but this book will at least make you smile, also cry a little but in a good way. This is wonderful and a book I will definitely be buying for myself on its release as I will be returning to this in future and I know it will help.

Highly recommended to cat lovers, to help now and in the future, beautiful!

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

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Comic book for every cat owner or cat lover, I also did like the Art in it.
Lovely story and also sad at the end.

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Short illustrated story of grieving the loss of a beloved cat companion. Simple and heartfelt. Sentimental and empathetic rendering of the devotion and love between human and companion.

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