Leah's Reviews > The Ghost Cat: 12 decades, 9 lives, 1 cat

The idea of following a (ghost) cat through time, observing the changing world and experiencing fleeting insights into everyday life of individual human beings while pondering about your own (aka the cat's) mortality, was executed in a very fun, cute and thought-provoking way.

I really liked how the different time periods were described. It felt both authentic and atmospheric as well as emotional sometimes. I wish some of the chapters were longer, especially the ones taking place in the 1800s and the early 1900s. At the same time, I learned a lot of new interesting facts about Scotland and history in general. A few of the more contemporary chapters/hauntings were not as interesting to me personally, most notably the one set in the 1940s and the very last chapter. By the way, it would have been nice to have an epilogue about the Grimalkin's afterlife now that I thnk about it. Anyways, I also enjoyed that some time periods indirectly affected future chapters, and that some characters and places unexpectedly reappeared again. It sometimes made the story feel less believable and realistic, but it also enriched the reading experience in a way.