We'll Prescribe You a Cat - Syou Ishida

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I went into this with wary trepidation that it'd be the cat version of What You're Looking For Is In The Library or When The Coffee Get's Cold and while I wasn't wrong, I was definitely pleasantly surprised.

From the get-go I was actually very charmed by the first story involving Shuta and Bee. I loved that the actual 'cure' to this wasn't as straight forward as Shuta quitting is corporate job but rather finding a different vocation that he wouldn't have ended up exploring without Bee's influence. It was pretty funny and light-hearted too. Next was Koga with Margot and it was surprising to see this kind of character as the focal point; I really enjoyed seeing his perspective and his not so straightforward issues. The next two stories I was less into (the mother with her daughter and the handbag designer with her boyfriend) I didn't hate them or have a bad time with them but the main draw was this strange background story involving the nurse and doctor that were giving out the cats in the first place.

Of course the final story that had a direct connection to Nurse Chitose who was formerly owned by a geisha. This to me was probably the most emotional story. Chitose and Nikke are pretty fascinating honestly, I'm interested enough that I'm planning on reading the sequel for sure. I'd love to know what the connection to that room, the clinic and even where all those cats are coming from exactly (it seems that Chitose and Nikke grab ideal cats from different locations all over to fit their patients?) are Chitose and Nikke cat spirits that mimic what their owners looked like while retaining their own personalities? They're definitely still cats because of how they reacted to the catnip tea? It's all very mysterious and a little eerie. Admittedly the whole time I couldn't help but compare the general vibes and the way Dr. Nikke is to Kuuchuu Buranko.

I mean I actually really loved the strange vibes to this one. I liked the obvious love that the author has for cats down to how she describes them. I liked that this book had a really endearing vibe that wasn't too preachy like some of the other books that fall under this umbrella. The format of this book is on brand and absolutely adorable - my library hardback had little illustrations of each of the cats on their first chapter pages along with a slowly falling cat on the edge of the page that you could flipbook to watch them fall. The vibes are tons of fun. I just had a really nice time with this especially compared to the lacklustre time I had with The Full Moon Coffee Shop.

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