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Mi-a luat mai bine de o saptamana sa citesc cartea, dar nu pentru ca nu mi-a placut, ci pentru ca este o perioada aglomerata si nu ma pot concentra la citit deloc. Cum mi s-a parut mie? Interesanta si spre final, foarte induiosatoare. Ba chiar am si plans. Povestea lui Satoru si a motanului Nana este o frumoasa poveste de afectiune si atasament. Si eu am doua pisici si m-am transpus in pielea lui Satoru. Povestea celor doi mi s-a parut frumos prezentata si m-a impresionat. Daca iubesti pisicile,
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Dnf-ed 35% in. I usually slog through the book if I'm this far out but I was getting too annoyed and wanted to go back to my Pride Month reads. The reviewer who said it's twee is right. The cat's POV is especially annoying.
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A few years ago I found the author Spencer Quinn. I love his Chet and Bernie series. The books are from the dog's perspective, so when I found that this book by Arikawa was from the cat's perspective, I knew it was a book for me. I don't want to say much about the plot, it is best read without knowing anything about it. Nana and his human, Satoru embark on a road trip all over Japan. I fell in love with the story and its main characters.
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When I first started this book, I wondered if I had happened across a children's book by mistake. As the book progresses and the narrator changes between the cat and the man who takes him in from the streets, the tale becomes more complex. The travelling from childhood friend to the next childhood friend, in search of a person who can look after the cat, reveals more about the humans in the story, and the cunning of the Nana, the cat. It becomes clear why the travelling was necessary, and the en
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Jun 15, 2019
Jana
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What a great book. At first the stilted feel to the English was hard to get used to, but then it no longer mattered because the story was so delightful. I enjoyed the feeling of suspense in the middle. Such a great number of themes and lessons throughout the book that this cat taught us...
3,5 stars.
I think this book is just not really for me, but I can understand why all cat lovers love this book. It has everything that you hoped for a good animal-human friendship story. For me, what turned me a bit off is how Satoru, the main character, was pictured as a perfect person, without any flaws. It's quite unrealistic for me and made me enjoy the book less. Also - why do dogs and dog people are negatively portrayed here? XD ...more
I think this book is just not really for me, but I can understand why all cat lovers love this book. It has everything that you hoped for a good animal-human friendship story. For me, what turned me a bit off is how Satoru, the main character, was pictured as a perfect person, without any flaws. It's quite unrealistic for me and made me enjoy the book less. Also - why do dogs and dog people are negatively portrayed here? XD ...more
Sep 13, 2017
Anna
marked it as to-read
Apr 03, 2019
Nina ( picturetalk321 )
marked it as irgendwann-zu-lesen
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Jan 07, 2020
Claire Fun
marked it as to-read
