Reviews

The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail

pariseleanne's review

3.0

The world is due to end in few months as a meteor is due to hit earth. The whole human race will be wiped out and there is nothing anybody can do to stop it. Digging underground bunkers will prove to be pointless! This novel is about reuniting family together during hard times, having difficult conversations and reflecting on past experiences. It is a very emotional book, with a VERY promising plot, that in my opinion it just didn’t live up to. Also ‘the cats we meet along the way’.. come on where was all the cats? Because I’m pretty sure they only met one cat. Absolutely beautiful cover and some cute illustrations through out the book.

This book was a good easy read with it only having 250 pages I flew through it in one day. However it is getting a 3 star rating from me as I feel like the ending let it down. I am constantly going to wonder what happened to them poor characters

farfetched's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This is the first book I've read in a while. It took me while to get into it, and it's been sitting on my bedside table for several months bc I got halfway and stopped bc my brain wasn't co-operating. But I say down and finished it today, and I really enjoyed it. It's suffused with a melancholy evitable of a pre-apocalyptic story, and consistently asks how you go on living and what you do when the end of the world is coming and nothing can really be done about that. It's about morning and grief, not just for people in the past, but for lost futures. My siblings recently moved across the world, so I related to Aisha's situation in a weird kind of way, that anger and not being able to vent it. It's a quiet kind of book, but I will be thinking about it for a long while. A few less cats than I expected, but Fleabag made up for it in character. 

04159's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.0

fennyisreding's review

3.0

There’s some sort of melancholic tone in this book. Enjoyed it. Had some Iban representation too, so that was nice to see.

jasminel95's review

hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

rewjh's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

christine_ferguson's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Frustrating, in that it dwells for too long on one character's extreme emotion; but enough going on to finish it. 

saffronwebstar's review

hopeful reflective sad

4.5

booksnest's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

lynntjeeee's review

emotional fast-paced

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

3.5