Told in three different points of view, Love Saves the Day though at times heart-breaking and thought provoking did not do much for me in the end.

This story is told from three points of view. The first POV is from Sarah a 40 plus year old woman living in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. The second POV is told from Laura, Sarah's slightly estranged daughter. And the third POV is told from Sarah's cat Prudence's point of view.

The most engaging perspective for me by far was any chapters told from Prudence's point of view. I smiled, laughed, and teared up a few time. Reading Prudence and how she and Sarah are "roommates" and how Sarah and Prudence first found each other was very sweet.

I was very fascinated by Sarah's life before and after she had Laura and I wish that Ms. Cooper had devoted more time to developing Sarah's back-story. To read abut how Sarah was involved in the music scene in the 1970s and her life as a record store owner.

Laura's chapters until almost the very end really were just frustrating to read. What led to Laura's partial estrangement from Sarah honestly doesn't make a lot of sense after you read the story. If anything once you read the full story you kind of want to shake Laura and tell her to get over it.

If Ms. Cooper had told the entire story from Prudence's point of view I think this would have been a five star book hands down. I think it also didn't help that Prudence and Sarah's chapters were told from the first person point of view and Laura's chapters were told in the third person. I think that hurt my ability to connect with Laura.

The plot really is about Prudence and how she came to live with Sarah and Laura and how Laura ultimately is able to come to terms with her past.

When the story is told from Prudence's point of view the writing at times is haughty, self-absorbed, funny, and wise. So pretty much it sounds like how a cat would sound.

Stories told in Laura's voice includes writing that I find to be flat and boring at times. I think it's because as I said earlier it was told in the third person point of view so it was hard to engage with her story.

The pacing was off too since we go from present, to past, to present and back again depending on who is "speaking" in the chapter you are reading.

The setting of the Lower East Side really feels like a living and breathing place. I think that Ms. Cooper including a real life event of a building being condemned and torn down in a manner of hours in 1998 made things feel even more alive. I wish that Ms. Cooper had added in more details of Sarah's life during the Disco era in New York. I found it so interesting.

The ending was done very well and I liked how things were not just automatically tied up with a great big bow at the end. We realize that Laura and her family are still having to deal with some pretty big events soon and not everything is settled.

Though I think that this may not be a story for everyone I do think parts of it worked pretty well. I definitely think this is a 3.5 star book. ( )

Well, Love Saves the Day for the main characters, but not for the real life pets mentioned.

Prudence POV alternates with that of her two humans, Sarah and her daughter, Laura.
While Prudence moves the plot along, the humans add background depth and tons of information about
underground music (though, oddly, no jazz or creative music) in 1970s New York City.

As well, the disastrous anti-tenant movement of building developers is illuminated. ( )

Sarah took in Prudence, a brown tabby kitten, when she found her. Sarah’s daughter, Laura, doesn’t visit often, and things seem strained when she does. Prudence knows Sarah’s best friend, Anise, better. But one day (after Prudence has been on her own for a number of days), Laura and Josh come to pack everything up and Prudence has to go with them. Prudence can only hope that Sarah will come back to take her back home again soon.

This was mostly told from Prudence’s point of view, with a few chapters from Laura’s and a couple from Sarah’s. I really enjoyed Prudence’s chapters, in particular. The author knows cats well! I had to laugh at parts of it! I was horrified to find out aboutan event that really took place in New York City in 1998 that is part of the background in this story – it shows how Sarah and Laura’s relationship became strained. I just don’t want to give it away as a bit of a spoiler. Overall, I really enjoyed this one! ( )

This book moved me in ways I didn't imagine a story being mostly told from a cat's point of view would ever do so. Cats are *so* above us humans anyway, but where I was expecting cute and sweet, this book gave me raw emotion.

It follows a cat named Prudence who is suddenly uprooted from her human Sarah's home to begin living with Sarah's daughter and new husband Josh, upon Sarah's passing. Prudence does not know Sarah has died, and is having a somewhat difficult time adjusting to life with her new humans. It's written through the perspective of Prudence, a this person account of Laura, and through Sarah's memories.

Despite a slow buildup in the beginning, this story really captured my interest throughout, enough to not put it down for hours. There were real moments when I wanted to laugh out loud, when tears threatened to spill from my eyes onto the pages, when I inadvertently clenched my free hand into a fist, particularly when the story delved into a fictionally realistic glimpse at the very real life event of an in use NYC tenement building being torn down completely after residents were forced to evacuate their homes but were not allowed to gather any of their personal belongings. Knowing how hard the world is today, the harsh truth behind the portion of the story wasn't very surprising, though it is incredibly heartbreaking to know that it happened in NYC of all places only a few decades ago.

It could be that because humans just suck so darn much, I found reading the chapters as told by Prudence the cat the most enjoyable. Some bits of this were cheesy but also, I fell in love with this cat! And Prudence makes me imagine even more so what cats are really thinking about besides mostly eating, sleeping, and grooming.

I would've loved more, though of course I'd say that about any good book. ( )

A very touching story about the cat/owner bond and the mother/daughter bond. A very insightful perspective about what a pet "thinks and feels" when their master dies. Beautiful. ( )