this was a fun read, it was a well done story and I enjoyed getting to know the characters. The author has a great writing style.

Not bad. It's pretty timely (at this moment), and a quick read. Since it's so short, there's not a lot to review. I enjoyed it overall. It just didn't have the polish that a more experience author might have.

Thanks very much for the review copy!!

A decent short story but not a lot of feeling. I felt that the characters needed a little more. I wanted to like this so much, as I'm a cat lover.

Princess Fuzzypants here: I truly wanted to like this book. It is so current and timely. It is the tale of a family divided by considerable geography in the early months of the pandemic. The father has returned to Australia from a trip abroad and as we check in with him and his children, we see how each is coping with his or her life. It kept going back and forth and I was waiting for the story to gain traction but it seemed to meander all over the place.

I thought when we got to his daughter, the doctor outside of the hotspot of Milan, I hoped it would become a focal point. When the cats of the story appear and prove to be special, I had great expectations. But through it all, through the many tragedies and experiences, there was never a point where I said, aha, that is where the author is going.

It is not a bad book. It is simply a book without a beating heart or a soul. A book that should have elicited strong emotions, failed to move me.
Three purrs and one paw up.

The blurb about this book is not very accurate as the character is not a doctor even though working in a hospital but a physiotherapist.
This is a short and strange story.
Set in 2020 but finishing some years into our future, it attempts to discuss the current pandemic and its affect on a family that is spread out over many countries but who don't use any modern technology to keep in touch. And what was the business of the rhododendrons supposed to signify?
I read it in less than an hour and thought myself lucky it did not continue. The phrasing and Use of English was often strange and the whole story was disjointed.
I would not really recommend it, but if you think cats are magical - well...