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Feb 20, 2020, 01:51 PM
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Desert Kitty hates titles
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Member Since: Jul 2008
Location: TARDIS
Posts: 12,627
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Originally Posted by lizardlady
Owl, the dog does not die in Until Tuesday. Several of us mentioned it as a good book where the dog lives.
I'm glad you mentioned cats die Warrior books. I've been thinking of reading them. Not going to if kitties die.
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I meant to write I can't remember if the dog died in Until Tuesday.
I wasn't saying the dog did die. It was too long ago that I read that book. I missed the posts where people said the dog lives in Until Tuesday. I have a time limit and scroll through without being able to read everything.
Turner and Hooch did have some gross scenes with the slobbering. I didn't like that, but as mentioned I really hated it when the dog died. The puppies were adorable of course.
Yes, Liz in the Warriors books-kitties do die.  It can either be from illness, attack from a predator, attack from a rival Clan, or an accident like falling off a cliff. Hence, as I read, I try not to get attached to any cat and brace myself for things I can see are about to happen. I skip the pages about the cat fights, as they get too graphic.
The books are of the juvenile genre, so they are for young readers. Personally, I think they have too much violence for such young minds, and there are tragedies. Cats can betray one another, switch alliances, etc.
In short, they are anthropomorphized cats. I think they are about life in general---how you can miss a friend who moved away (cats can join other clans), miss a friend that died, etc.
Cats are also born.....so new cats and new generations appear in each series. Not to downplay any death at all...I hate that, but new ones come along. Someone on Goodreads said the books glorify feral cats.
Still, I enjoy them. They are 99% dialogue and it's the dialogue I enjoy the most. "Hey, mousebrain! You're making too much noise. I'm trying to nap here."
"Ugh! Is that what the Twolegs feed you? It looks and smells like mouse dung!" (Humans are referred to as Twolegs in the books; cars/trucks are monsters.)
"Well, you're too polite to be a rogue cat like me, and too fat to be a forest cat. So you must be a kittypet." 
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