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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
A really touching story about a librarian and "her" cat who lived his 19 years in a small-town library in Iowa.
I fell in love with Dewey in the pages of this book.. His story really touched me and I found it very inspiring how a whole town and eventually even some people much further away could love one animal so unconditionally. :)
I will say that I wasn't really into the parts of the story telling of the town history.. But it did help bring together the story nicely. I did however, really enjoy reading about Vicki's family. And I found it so cute how Dewey loved her daughter Jodi so much that he stuck to her side like glue every time he saw her. :)
This book had me smiling so much my face hurt!
But it also had me misty eyed quite a few times through out the story as well... from tears of joy to tears of sadness. As we all know the story of anyone's life will also include their death.. Reading of Dewey dying just broke my heart in two for Vicki and all those who loved such a wonderful animal like him. :'(
I fell in love with Dewey in the pages of this book.. His story really touched me and I found it very inspiring how a whole town and eventually even some people much further away could love one animal so unconditionally. :)
I will say that I wasn't really into the parts of the story telling of the town history.. But it did help bring together the story nicely. I did however, really enjoy reading about Vicki's family. And I found it so cute how Dewey loved her daughter Jodi so much that he stuck to her side like glue every time he saw her. :)
This book had me smiling so much my face hurt!
But it also had me misty eyed quite a few times through out the story as well... from tears of joy to tears of sadness. As we all know the story of anyone's life will also include their death.. Reading of Dewey dying just broke my heart in two for Vicki and all those who loved such a wonderful animal like him. :'(
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I really enjoyed this book. I was very touched by Dewey and his caretaker, Vicki. Very inspirational, especially for those who love cats and their library.
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Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
This is a nice, quiet, cozy, enjoyable book about Dewey Readmore Books, who served as the Spencer Public Library’s cat for most of his 19 years of life. Dewey was a unique cat, who loved people and seemed to take to his job as “ambassador” quite well. He was also a gorgeous cat – the cat on the cover is actually him. He looks a lot like my cat Sneakers, if Sneakers were orange instead of black and white, which meant I had a soft spot already for him.
The author is very good at describing Dewey’s antics. She has a way of talking about animals that is very nice; not just about Dewey, but about any animal. She has a clean, simple way of writing. I think this book was at its best when it was about Dewey, not about the library board or the city council or her own family.
She writes a lot about her struggles when she first moves to Spencer and about her family, and it felt somewhat out of place in a book about a library cat. I felt like skipping ahead a lot during her personal memoirs. At one point she says that her father specifically asked her not to write about one incident, but she puts it in the book anyway. It wasn’t related to Dewey; it wasn’t even related to her time in Spencer. It wasn’t necessary. However, the parts about Dewey are cute enough to make up for the boring parts.
Although cute, the bits about Dewey in the library seemed romanticized to me. She kind of glossed over the allergies issue, and maybe I’m just jaded (I work in a library), but I wouldn’t let a cat anywhere near quite a few library patrons. I can’t believe Dewey never hissed or struck out at a patron.
The ending did not make me cry.
The author is very good at describing Dewey’s antics. She has a way of talking about animals that is very nice; not just about Dewey, but about any animal. She has a clean, simple way of writing. I think this book was at its best when it was about Dewey, not about the library board or the city council or her own family.
She writes a lot about her struggles when she first moves to Spencer and about her family, and it felt somewhat out of place in a book about a library cat. I felt like skipping ahead a lot during her personal memoirs. At one point she says that her father specifically asked her not to write about one incident, but she puts it in the book anyway. It wasn’t related to Dewey; it wasn’t even related to her time in Spencer. It wasn’t necessary. However, the parts about Dewey are cute enough to make up for the boring parts.
Although cute, the bits about Dewey in the library seemed romanticized to me. She kind of glossed over the allergies issue, and maybe I’m just jaded (I work in a library), but I wouldn’t let a cat anywhere near quite a few library patrons. I can’t believe Dewey never hissed or struck out at a patron.
The ending did not make me cry.
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Such a heartfelt story and beautiful build-ups with language!
Hate to say it, but I was disappointed with the amount of text dedicated to the history of the town and the author's personal life. I picked up this book to read about the cat on the cover and the author threw me a fast one by sneaking in what essentially amounts to an autobiography!