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A review by meeganiche
Christmas at the Cat Café by Jessica Redland
3.0
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I had high hopes for this novel, and it was pretty cute but honestly a little boring and not what I expected. It was less about the actual cat café and more focused on the main character's personal drama, such as her boyfriend leaving her and her trying to establish a new relationship with her brother's best friend, who was basically a part of her family growing up from age 9. I predicted this as soon as he started helping her by staying in the flat above the café. I must say, my favorite part of the novel were the cats and my heart was broken for Smudge. The chronic illness, specifically fibromyalgia representation was wonderful and as someone who does not have a chronic illness, it certainly was enlightening on how a person can visually look normal but live in excruciating pain. I also thought the spoon theory was a great way to illustrate her fatigue level. Overall, this was a cute book but I definitely got bored at points and it was not what I expected.
I had high hopes for this novel, and it was pretty cute but honestly a little boring and not what I expected. It was less about the actual cat café and more focused on the main character's personal drama, such as her boyfriend leaving her and her trying to establish a new relationship with her brother's best friend, who was basically a part of her family growing up from age 9. I predicted this as soon as he started helping her by staying in the flat above the café. I must say, my favorite part of the novel were the cats and my heart was broken for Smudge. The chronic illness, specifically fibromyalgia representation was wonderful and as someone who does not have a chronic illness, it certainly was enlightening on how a person can visually look normal but live in excruciating pain. I also thought the spoon theory was a great way to illustrate her fatigue level. Overall, this was a cute book but I definitely got bored at points and it was not what I expected.