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floorvm's review
1.5
Een boek over een vrouw die leert over het leven en liefde door haar katten.
Ik was blij dat ik het uit had.
Zet geen grenzen met haar katten, geeft meer om katten dan om mensen en negeert medische adviezen keer op keer want zij kent als enige de ziel van haar katten. Ik ergerde me voornamelijk aan de schrijver in plaats van dat ik ook ging houden van haar geliefde katten, waar ik op hoopte. Schattig concept maar dit was niet het.
Soms dacht ik dat het schattig was wat ik las: uitspraken over liefde, tot ik realiseerde dat het over katten ging en dan dacht ik weer god…. Ik hoop dat de schrijfster oke is en liefde vind buiten haar katten.
Ik was blij dat ik het uit had.
Zet geen grenzen met haar katten, geeft meer om katten dan om mensen en negeert medische adviezen keer op keer want zij kent als enige de ziel van haar katten. Ik ergerde me voornamelijk aan de schrijver in plaats van dat ik ook ging houden van haar geliefde katten, waar ik op hoopte. Schattig concept maar dit was niet het.
Soms dacht ik dat het schattig was wat ik las: uitspraken over liefde, tot ik realiseerde dat het over katten ging en dan dacht ik weer god…. Ik hoop dat de schrijfster oke is en liefde vind buiten haar katten.
xsunflowerkatx's review
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
such a beautifully written/ translated piece of literature, the crazy cat lady in me found it divine
willowfan's review against another edition
sad
medium-paced
1.0
this is the worst book ive ever read, the anthropomorphising is unbelievably wild, bordering on abusive. the author doesnt love her cats like she thinks she does, or else she wouldn’t have neglected their health so much and let her cats become morbidly obese from feeding them food unhealthy for cats such as ice cream and tinned olives, and then refusing to put them on a diet because “there was no point in extending cleo’s life if he wouldn’t be able to indulge in the food he loved so much”. or, she wouldn’t have refused to brush their coats and allow them to become matted.
she obviously just wanted to live vicariously through her cats, as stated early on in the book when she dreamed of being a cat owned by a person like her. author also called stray cats “street urchins”, clearly feeling some sort of moral superiority over her pedigree cats. the book did eventually improve after she began to love the stray cats, but still frustrating with the way she refused to let her cat be put to sleep despite having no quality of life. don’t even get me started on how the author believed she deprived her cat from motherhood; “without a thought to the cruelty involved in ignoring her own needs and desires, i sentenced her to a life of childlessness.“ WHAT.
this memoir is more a diary of neglect than anything else. only reason why i didnt dnf is because i paid good money on this stupid book, at the expense of my blood pressure. the front cover was cute so of course i was gonna buy. im a fool. what is this
she obviously just wanted to live vicariously through her cats, as stated early on in the book when she dreamed of being a cat owned by a person like her. author also called stray cats “street urchins”, clearly feeling some sort of moral superiority over her pedigree cats. the book did eventually improve after she began to love the stray cats, but still frustrating with the way she refused to let her cat be put to sleep despite having no quality of life. don’t even get me started on how the author believed she deprived her cat from motherhood; “without a thought to the cruelty involved in ignoring her own needs and desires, i sentenced her to a life of childlessness.“ WHAT.
this memoir is more a diary of neglect than anything else. only reason why i didnt dnf is because i paid good money on this stupid book, at the expense of my blood pressure. the front cover was cute so of course i was gonna buy. im a fool. what is this
jaybeesgotpaperback's review
3.0
I was never not going to love a book about cats, but I frequently found myself irritated or even angered by the actions of the author. I put this down to cultural, or possibly personal, differences in cat ownership. I would find myself particularly annoyed when veterinary advice was ignored, for example, when told one of the cats was overweight, the author still chose to provide a buffet of cat food, unwilling to deny the overweight cat something they enjoy. I frequently found myself reeling at some of the situations, and left frustrated that they weren't caring for their cats properly.
I also think in some instances the author is guilty of anthropomorphising her cats too much. For example, in the first chapter she mentions how she felt guilty for denying her cat a chance at motherhood by having her spayed. I can't imagine cats ever really consider the concept of "motherhood", and that the author is instead projecting some guilt onto her cat.
However, Levit clearly loved her cats, and did what she thought best for them. As a cat owner, I can relate and empathise with that.
I also think in some instances the author is guilty of anthropomorphising her cats too much. For example, in the first chapter she mentions how she felt guilty for denying her cat a chance at motherhood by having her spayed. I can't imagine cats ever really consider the concept of "motherhood", and that the author is instead projecting some guilt onto her cat.
However, Levit clearly loved her cats, and did what she thought best for them. As a cat owner, I can relate and empathise with that.