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This was another delightful book about the beloved Kokoro Cat Clinic. Telling stories through multiple short vignettes that presents different characters and their challenges while still tying into the overall narrative, I was happy to see that we eventually learn what's behind the mystery of the clinic. A lighthearted read, perfect for a cozy rainy afternoon curled up with a cup of tea.

"Welcome to the Kokoro Cat Clinic" by Syou Ishida is a delightfully weird book about a back-alley mental health clinic (of a sorts) which prescribes its patients cat-based therapies. Structure as a series of short vignettes, this book will have readers charmed and sometimes baffled. I am very glad I read it and think you will be too!

Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and Netgalley for sending me an advanced reader copy of this book.

What a beautiful, cozy book. I laughed, I cried, and I gained insight into myself and others just as the characters in the stories did. I haven't read the others in the series, so I'm not sure how this one compares, but this was a comforting escape from my stressful world, and I highly recommend to anyone really.

Perfect pick me up book! I read the first two books in this series and I was so excited for a third book! It is impossible to read without a smile on your face!

I've always thought of myself as a dog lover, but after reading this book, I would really like to get a cat. Cats are very interesting animals. Their personalities make each one a distinct individual. Syou Ishida uniquely weaves the characters of cats into the personality healing of humans. I have never entertained the thought of a cat as being a prescription to heal areas of human behavior, so this book was very enlightening and unique for me. I have not read the other books by this author but after reading this book, I will certainly be checking them out. I certainly would recommend this to my friends.

This is the third book in this series. I recommend reading them in order. The Kokoro Clinic for the Soul is staffed by one doctor and one nurse. The doctor listens to your concerns and then prescribes a cat. I really enjoyed all the patients and the interactions with their specific cats.

This is the third book in the “We’ll Prescribe You A Cat” series, a Japanese awarding series, and my first read in it. You definitely don’t need to read the previous two books to enjoy this one. This is a book to savor as you read of its transformative themes of compassion and self-discovery.

First, I’m a dog lover - mostly because I’m so allergic to cats. But I can successfully say I suffered no allergic reaction in reading this delightful book and grew to appreciate cats in the process of reading.

The Kokoro Clinic for the Soul is tucked away in a very hidden spot in Kyoto. It’s difficult to find unless you are meant to find it. The treatment is most unusual: no medicine, no exams, no therapy. The solution to your life’s problem is a cat or a cat connection. Dr. Nikké will guide you. This book is divided into four stories: three titled for the names of the cats being given to the main character in the story: Benia - for a woman suffering anxiety before an important presentation: Tangerine - for a young artist questioning her career; and Shiro - for a woman troubled by guilt: the fourth is entitled “To Cat or Not Cat” features an interesting treatment Dr. Nikké offers to a young father overwhelmed by parenthood. In each section the cat or cat connection offers the gift of connection and insight into compassion.

The simplicity of these stories is so powerful yet so relaxing in the read. You are willing to suspend belief for the beauty of the magical realism that enchants each story. The descriptions of the cats and their actions is well done. Each cat teaches the human something that’s been missing in awareness about themselves and their lives.

I think reading this book is more of an experience than a plot or character driven novel is about. That is, each story is an opportunity to experience the healing properties of cats in the lives of the humans they engage with. It’s also just a super way to defuse, to disengage and just experience a really good novel.

My thanks to NetGalley/ BookBrowse and Berkley Publishing Group for allowing me access to this ARC.

Welcome to the Kokoro Cat Clinic, while a bit contrived, still entertains with its surprising formula of humor and parable. As a reader of the previous two books in the series, I felt compelled to read the third installment, and I was not disappointed.

Dr. Nikke and Nurse Chitose are back, prescribing cats for all that ails their patients, in this delightful collection of short story vignettes. In each of the four stories, readers are introduced to distressed humans with very serious problems. Each character winds up at the unusual "mental health clinic" by various means and is dumbstruck by the doctor's feline prescription. As each patient "takes their medicine," they unwittingly overcome what ails them and find themselves on a new life path.

For grammar purists, the Japanese to English translation feels a bit choppy. However, if you can get past that, I dare you to read this book without smiling!