Mornings With My Cat Mii

by Mayumi Inaba, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

192 pages, Paperback

Published October 16, 2025

Reviews

[Joana Cordeiro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este livro é um exemplo de como uma escrita simples pode ser impactante. A simplicidade crua da vida de uma mulher com a sua gatinha de estimação. Chorei desalmadamente no fim.

[NJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Violently sobbing at 2am because of this book.

[rin · Rating 1 out of 5]

dnf halfway bc the amount of neglect shown in the book just irritated me as a cat owner 💔 maybe im too sensitive but i didnt agree with a lot of the choices the author made when it came to taking care of mii (not spaying her, letting her outside even after she’d gotten pregnant by a local stray, not helping her down when she got stuck in a tree just to listen to her cries, etc etc)

i did get the ending spoiled for me and i dont agree with that either

moral of the story: take proper care of your cats!! if you’re in a situation where you take in a very young stray like the author did, do your research!!!

[SparkBombsBooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished Mornings with My Cat Mii just minutes before the eighth anniversary of my own cat’s death, and the timing made this book land harder than I expected. Totally devastating. It would be 4 stars if I wasn’t a total wreck when I finished it. 💔

Mayumi Inaba writes in short fragments of daily routines, shared mornings, small observations. Just her life with her cat. That restraint is what makes the book so effective. It understands how cats become part of the background of our lives, and how their absence later changes everything.

At times, the emotional distance kept me from fully sinking into the book. I wanted to be closer to the author’s grief rather than observing it from afar. Still, the gentle writing style and honesty stayed with me.

This is a tender, understated book about loving and losing a cat. It doesn’t try to comfort you. It simply sits with the loss and lets it exist. Heartbreaking and comforting.

[Lara A · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you are a cat obsessive, you will love the first two thirds of this book, sighing contentedly as you imagine just how much you could also write about daily life with one of Allah swt's finest creations. Unfortunately, the final third discusses Mii ageing in fairly excruciating detail. This is made worse by the author clearly choosing quantity of life over quality. She talks proudly of her cat spending 20 years with her, but the last five sound utterly miserable for all concerned; What is loving isn't always kind.

Edited to add: Had to remove a star as I kept thinking about the horrific last year's of the cat's life. Not using spoiler tags, because potential readers need to be warned.

[aniyabada · Rating 1 out of 5]

15€ de dépensé de trop au final ? Ça devrait être remboursé par la sécu ce livre???? Mais c’est une blague 150pages pour absolument rien dire ??????? La transition le chant d’Achille à cette merde the biggest downfall