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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
So many tears at the end of this one!
An extremely moving story that sets time and place incredibly well. As much about the town of Spencer as it is about Dewey and it all weaves together beautifully.
All hail Dewey the Library cat!
An extremely moving story that sets time and place incredibly well. As much about the town of Spencer as it is about Dewey and it all weaves together beautifully.
All hail Dewey the Library cat!
funny
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
I'm not a cat lover, but I am a denizen of libraries and have lived in the Midwest.
This book is a nice homage to small town life and the importance of libraries in them.
The cat is true is a large part of the book but not in a saccharine way, even when words are put into his mouth so to speak.
The book moves along quite quickly too.
This book is a nice homage to small town life and the importance of libraries in them.
The cat is true is a large part of the book but not in a saccharine way, even when words are put into his mouth so to speak.
The book moves along quite quickly too.
If you are cat obsessed like me, you will love this cute tale of a real library cat! Animals seem to always know how to comfort us and calm us down. This cat brings a community closer together with his cuteness and charisma! Loved this adorable, true story!
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Really enjoyed reading this book and founding about Dewy and how he became a library cat. The chapters about Dewy I really enjoyed reading and founding out more about him. The chapters that didn’t have Dewy in them I found them boring and didn’t think they really fitted the book or were needed in the book they took away space from Dewey’s story. The people who loved Dewy were such a amazing and inspirational people and they looked after him so well for 19 years. I loved all the weird and funny things Dewy would get up to in this book and some points of the book made me smile and laugh. The last two chapters broke my heart when the sadly lost Dewy I was in tears reading the ending. Such a great story overall. Xxx
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Suicide
I couldn't do it. If you look at it and think "there must be something great about it since it's so popular" you are wrong. It is exactly what it looks like: a book about a women who loves her cat. She brags about it and tells about it's antic's. I guess there are many who enjoy that, I am not one of them.
Most of the group started this book thinking it would be an enjoyable read, however, few finished it with the same view. In fact some readers didn't manage to finish the book and not many would recommend this to another reader.
The main disappointment with this book was the over sentimental way in which it was written. There didn't seem to be any real personality in Dewey the cat, he seemed to be used as a way for Vicki to write her life story. Unfortunately this story was only written about briefly with lots of areas glossed over. We felt that there should be more focus about the book, either more about Dewey or more about Vicki. The book didn't seem to go anywhere, each chapter seemed to be a little unrelated snippet.
Some members of the club thought the projecting of thoughts onto the cat was very similar to The Soloist. Many members were unhappy with the anthropomorphism of the cat by Vicki.
We felt that it was trying to say something good about small town America but it didn't come through clearly enough. Some points did come through though and they didn't seem to be very positive, for example, the rejection of the factory and the casino on the grounds that foreigners would then arrive in the town.
Overall the score for this book was 3 out of 10. We would not recommend this book to anyone else.
The main disappointment with this book was the over sentimental way in which it was written. There didn't seem to be any real personality in Dewey the cat, he seemed to be used as a way for Vicki to write her life story. Unfortunately this story was only written about briefly with lots of areas glossed over. We felt that there should be more focus about the book, either more about Dewey or more about Vicki. The book didn't seem to go anywhere, each chapter seemed to be a little unrelated snippet.
Some members of the club thought the projecting of thoughts onto the cat was very similar to The Soloist. Many members were unhappy with the anthropomorphism of the cat by Vicki.
We felt that it was trying to say something good about small town America but it didn't come through clearly enough. Some points did come through though and they didn't seem to be very positive, for example, the rejection of the factory and the casino on the grounds that foreigners would then arrive in the town.
Overall the score for this book was 3 out of 10. We would not recommend this book to anyone else.