A review by northlandreads
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

3.0

Who can't love Dewey?! As a cat lover I enjoyed this read. The first several chapters were really fun as they mostly focused on the star of the book...Dewey Readmore Books. What a fun name too! Some of the chapters in the middle barely mentioned Dewey as they focused on some of the history of the area, the town of Spencer, the library, or the authors personal life. And the last portion of the book focused more on Dewey again. Definitely felt more and more like of a memoir (sometimes just plain sad and depressing) the more I read, and less like a fun tale of an awesome cat. So by far, I found the first portion of the book the best....if it had continued in that matter I for sure would have been able to give it more stars. This is not a book I would hand to just any young person (like I had hoped) though because of some of the following trigger / content considerations not overly dwelt on, but discussed sometimes in difficult details: cancers, suicide by shotgun and the gruesome aftermath, divorce, drug abuse, tumor, pet euthanasia, chronic illnesses in humans.