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The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan
5 reviews
creolelitbelle's review
4.0
Amra Sabic-El-Rayess's story gave me hope and nearly made me cry multiple times. She escaped some of the harsher realities of the war that some Bosniaks suffered, but she still struggled to survive and make a life for herself in the world thanks to the war. Maci (the cat) is a larger than life character in the memoir, and the author's note emphasizes that she was a huge impact on her family and life. My heart broke for the author when she described the sad pieces from her life during and after the war, but learning of her successes today is inspiring.
Graphic: Genocide, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Islamophobia, and War
Moderate: Grief
jennswan's review
5.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Islamophobia, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War
Moderate: Gore, Racial slurs, Rape, and Animal cruelty
josh_goetz's review against another edition
5.0
“I am ashamed for my people, for the Serbs and for the human race. We have been humans for 200,000 years, we have had written language for 5,000 years, we have been to space, yet somehow we cannot learn not to hate each other.”
What an absolutely incredible and heartbreaking book. I feel embarrassed to have gone this long without learning about the Bosnian genocide and I am disgusted by the way in which the US so easily ignores and misdirects around global genocide in the name of protecting its own racist agendas.
It is impossible to read this book without drawing parallels to the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, and I fear that this genocide too will be covered up and brushed away like that of the Bosnian Muslims just three decades ago. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess’s story is one of perseverance and community, with specific emphasis on learning from the past and doing everything in our power to not repeat it. It is our greatest duty and responsibility to stick together and fight for those who do not have the power to fight for themselves.
Fighting against generations of corruption, greed, racism and hatred is a seemingly insurmountable task, but it is not an impossible task. As Tata said, “We always help people. Without question, without reward, we help. I don’t know where to start, but we have to start somewhere.”
Graphic: Xenophobia, War, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Racism, Gun violence, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, and Gore
scmiller's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Genocide, War, and Death
Moderate: Rape and Hate crime
bookswithsoumi's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Bullying, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, and Genocide
Moderate: Trafficking