Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

120 reviews

faithtaylor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

All I do is ready my silly little books and CRY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility

madeline_schmidt20's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

pikkumarja's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Kuinka vaikeaa tälle koskettavalle mestariteokselle on antaa arvosanaa! Yksi neljäsosa tähdestä lähti vain pienen kliseisyyden vuoksi, mutta tämä on kyllä todella sydämentäyttävä ja sielua lämmittävä kirja.

Oikeasti ihana, lempeä tarina ystävyydestä ja yksinäisyydestä myös.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

dubious_little_creature's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, and Death of parent

imaginaryalchemist's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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? No

5.0

I love, love, love this book! It’s such a beautiful, sweet story about the bond between a man and his beloved cat. Most of the story is told through the perspective of the cat, Nana, as he and his owner Satoru travel together. 

I loved Satoru as a character, he’s so kind, warm, and compassionate despite the tragic things that have happened to him. He never let it turn him bitter. He has a good heart. Everyone should try to be a bit more like him. As a fellow cat lover I felt like we were kindred spirits. 

The ending absolutely broke me.

Towards the end of the story, it’s hinted that something is wrong with Satoru. It turns out he is dying from an unnamed illness, possibly cancer, that is causing tumors throughout his body. It’s always so heartbreaking when bad things happen to such good people. 

When he was dying and Nana ran to him I broke down and sobbed like a baby. I’ve loved and lost many cats over the years, and that bond is so precious. So many people think cats are aloof and don’t care but they are capable of so much love.

I highly recommend The Travelling Cat Chronicles to anyone who has ever loved a cat! I look forward to reading Hiro Arikawa’s other novel The Goodbye Cat. It has also made me want to read more Japanese novels!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Car accident

The story starts with Nana getting hit by a car and seriously injured. He does recover fully though. When Satoru is twelve years old, his parents are killed in a car accident. It is mentioned that his childhood cat, Hachi, was hit and killed by a car. It’s also revealed that he was severely neglected and abused as a baby, and his parents were actually his adoptive parents. It doesn’t go into graphic detail it is still upsetting. The ending goes into Satoru’s terminal illness and eventual death, which again while not graphic it is very upsetting.

gracie_reads_everything's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Grief, Infertility, Child abuse, Medical content, Animal death, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

ollie_again's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

bookworm_haley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death of parent

evfav's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

adrijagd's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Car accident