After the first five books I thought the series ended. So finding this was a happy surprise for me!

Overall the storyline wasn’t as interesting as the other five books. So I wouldn’t suggest reading this one on its own. However if you’ve already read the other books, this one’s a lovely return into the life of our favourite cat and all the interesting people in her world. It’s always nice to see how everyone is doing.

As always there are plenty of spiritual lessons woven in with Rinpoche’s antics. And there are a couple of new characters too.

I highly recommend starting with book 1 and reading the entire series. It’s written so well, with wisdom and a very enjoyable sense of humour. Rinpoche (the cat) is so cute!!! It’s a delight to be inside her head. Haha

Universal truths are not measured by mass appeal.

The first half of this book was great. Well written, meaningful, and moving.

The Laika part in particular hit hard! It made me remember not just dogs, but all animals and the way humans treat them as “property” and “disposable”.

I also like the way this narrator built up the intrigue during the entire surreal interaction.

I would’ve loved a lot more of the magical/metaphysical/supernatural in this book.

But just as I was getting ready to know more about Nova & Laika, the story takes a turn into a whole different topic.

In a novella that’s 1 1/2 hours, 30 minutes is just too long to dedicate to the self-torture of “refresh, read, reply”. That part got too intense and boring for me. A bit too long of an arc to get to the (very important & much needed) point about how validation isn’t needed.

I would’ve liked this story much, much more if the description of the commenting and all that had been cut down to quarter its length.

This is otherwise a very talented writer! So I’m hoping the next two books in this series are crisper. 🤞🏽

Thanks to Netgalley for this book.