As a cat lady, I loved the idea of seeing life through my cats eyes. I enjoyed the short stories and how they connected to each other. The illustrations were beautiful. Everything wrapped up a little too perfectly for my tastes. I'd reccomended this for other cat ladies.

As someone who is nearly first and foremost a cat person and look at my cat and I as our own little family of two, I was very excited to read this book.

She and Her Cat is divided up into four short stories that all intertwine, told from the perspectives of the cats and the women and that come to be their owners. It does a great job showcasing the relationship that people have with their cats and the way that even though we don't /really/ know what our cats are saying to us, we know that they're talking to us in their own way. The way that they greet you at your front door and know just when you need their love and attention.

Chobi, Mimi, Cooki, and Kuro all bring a unique look at being a cat and how their lives and our own change when we take on caring for a cat and I will admit to tearing up a few times. The parts that really got me were right off with Chobi's introduction and then, of course, the end with Jon.

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for making this available in exchange for an honest review!

These are stories based around the short film. which gave start to Shinkais' career. While not as deep or involivng as "Your Name", these are still great stories and a window into the mind of one of the most impressive artisits of modern animation.

My ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was drawn in immediately by the cover and when i read the description I knew this would be my kind of book. I just couldn’t wait to read the book, and I was so glad when i got this ARC!

This is a cute and amazing about simply about 4 different women’s lives and their cats, each story intertwining beautifully with each other. I love the dual perspective (the lady’s POV and the cats POV) which made me think of the book The Travelling Cat Chronicles, which I also adored.

This simple and short book is a must read if, like me, you live simple, mundane stories about women living their lives with their cats.

This book is about cats, women, and the love women and cats have for each other.

I'm gonna be honest, this one is difficult to review. Firstly, I liked the fact we get cat POVs, it adds a lot of interest to the story. The use of first person without an indication of who was speaking (usually wasn't too hard to figure out) was an interesting writing choice as it really interwove the experiences of all the protagonists of the book (or maybe I'm just being pretentious, but I like my explanation better). I liked the characters too, they were all unique with their own mental health and life struggles that their respective cats helped them with.

The anthropomorphization of the cats was a little weird, though it did cause some questions such as: Do cats have a concept of marriage? If they did, did this book portray it accurately? Not a deal breaker but a bit odd to think about.

Overall, I liked reading about the deep bond between pets and their owners and I liked the way this book made me feel. It also reminded me of my dead dog.

Thank you so much to Atria Books and NetGalley for the free eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This is a quick, delightful collection of short stories written by a cat lover for cat lovers. Every character is completely unique, but they all have one thing in common -- they rescued a cat, and a cat rescued them back.

This book wraps you up like a soft blanket, and I wish it wasn't 110 degrees outside so that I could enjoy it next to a fire, maybe with a cup of soup or hot chocolate. There were so many times I had to get up to track down and hug my cat, and just a warning: you WILL relate to one of the characters. Whether it's because of their loneliness, struggles with mental illness, or relationship to their family, this book will call you out in some way. On that note, Miyu's relationship with her mother was SO well done, even though, since it was a short story, you only really saw it through a phone call and context clues.

The first story follows Miyu and her cat, a tale familiar to those who read the manga of the same name. The manga made me fall in love with Miyu, and the moments in her story from her point of view solidified her affection. It doesn't really add much more than the manga story-wise, but it was still a fun return to the story that made me fall in love with this author. From there, we get to explore the world that the manga takes place in, which was just delightful. All the stories take place in the same city, and there are a few crossovers and cameos that made the story that much more fun. When you finished one short story, you knew you weren't leaving those characters behind for good.

The only thing that bothered me about this point of view was that the vast majority of it was in first person. For the first couple of stories, it was easy to tell the difference between the human POV and the cat POV, so the first person wasn't really a problem, but by the third story it got sort of confusing. The fourth story had a mix of third person and first person parts, which was a little odd, and something that may be changed by publication date. Personally, I think I would've loved the book that much more if it was all third person POV, but that's just preferential. I think if the first person POV changes were less confusing, and more ironed out near the end, it would also be amazing.

Overall, I definitely recommend this book to anyone with a cat, especially if you enjoyed the manga!