One story. Two endings. Genuine and fictional. Which ending is yours?
What do you say to someone who is dying? And what do you say when that someone can’t understand a word you are saying? How do you comfort each other throughout… and beyond?
My love, if you go away in a few days, the world will lose its colors and darken like the land of Mordor. If you go away and leave me to wander aimlessly, alone in this sea become wild, like a ship with a broken rudder and drowned sailors, and if I don’t find comfort in the warmth of your body, clutched in my embrace at the end of the day, I’m afraid I won’t survive.
“I don’t regret anything. Marcel was not only my cat, he was my everything. My brother, my friend, my world shrank in a soft gray-striped furry ball.”—Bernard Jan
Powerful. Emotional. Honest.
A heartfelt and moving novella.
Thank you to the author for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
Now this is a book I had no expectations going into, what had initially interested me in the memoir, was finding out how the author was able to share the highly intimate journey of a family pet passing away into a story.
What I found immediately was the raw emotion that the author is feeling is perfectly described on the page, they hold nothing back as they describe not only the situation, but the importance of Marcel to them. You really do feel as if your right alongside them as they go through their final three days.
Now this is probably not a novel to start reading if you are already feeling a tad down that down, when reading it’s so hard no not get caught up in emotion and at times it did feel quite a struggle to get through, not due to bad writing or anything like that but because it puts into sharp focus whats important and that you should really be hugging your pets right now!
At the same time it probably would provide some comfort to those that may of experienced a loss like this, their is a definite feeling that your not alone, as well as perhaps sharing some of your grief. The author does make the story deeply personal and perhaps just that little bit too emotional if anything. However it is a beautiful touching read.
Rating: 4/5
Would I read again: No
Would I Recommend: Yes
Would I read another book from this author: Yes
Great review! This is a favorite of mine for 2017. I was sad to learn that the cat on the cover has also just passed. 😢 So sad. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the book. 💖
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Thanks ☺ it’s definitely a book that stays with you!
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I love this end you have:
Rating: 4/5
Would I read again: No
Would I Recommend: Yes
Would I read another book from this author: Yes
That’s such a great wrap-up and straight to the point. I should have thought of something like that! Haha
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Thanks 🙂 it was born through my inability to write any sort of summary haha, feel free to use it 🙂
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Great review- the story is something I would be able to connect with because I have been in the same situation but this is also the kind that is the hardest for me to read. I can understand your not wanting to revisit.
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Thanks :), I can imagine it would be an incredible hard read having gone through something like this
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Great review! I would be nervous to read a book like this, with having two furballs myself, but it sounds great for someone to tell their story to help them grieve.
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I was a bit nervous too tbh, but yea it seems it was a great way to try overcome the loss
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