Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

81 reviews

dariarp's review against another edition

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

san_dra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

linfardts's review

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

bramblelegs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.5

This book made me laugh and cry and utterly fall in love with Nana and all his adventures with Satoru.

I will admit that at some point it started to feel like it was just meant to get worse and worse for our main character. Everything possible that was bad, happened to him. But I can appreciate the love between a pet and it's owner. I loved the depth of their friendship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Child abuse

syllareads's review

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

zara89's review

emotional slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abandonment

siriface's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

hollylol's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Cancer

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Infertility

zavatskajam's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

Eternal topics of life and death, love and friendship but with additional benefits of cat’s witty point of view. Highly recommend reading this to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death of parent

knightylight's review against another edition

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, Medical content, and Death

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.