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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
9 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
booksngrannies's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Islamophobia, Racism, Grief, Death, and War
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Rape
Minor: Torture
danajoy's review against another edition
5.0
I can't say I knew much about the atrocities that occured in Bosnia just a few years before I was born. It was never taught in my schools (possibly just mentioned in passing while we studied the Holocaust). It is deeply upsetting that I didn't know much at all about this, especially when it all occurred recently. Amra was 16 in 1992, when the Yugoslav Wars came to her home city of Bihać.
The brutal realities of war are blatant in this book. I wasn't expecting the risk of r*pe to be so blatantly addressed in the opening chapter in a "YA" book. War and l ethnic cleansing aren't shied away from.
It's very well written. Its a good starting point for education about the war and genocide. I found myself researching places and events every time I put the book down.
Read this book.
Graphic: Racism, Death, Islamophobia, Genocide, Grief, Violence, War, and Animal death
Moderate: Rape and Animal cruelty
Minor: Alcohol
bookwookie's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, War, and Child death
Moderate: Rape
nitya's review against another edition
5.0
RTC when I stop sobbing
And I don't know why this is under the graphic novel shelf. For the record, this is a prose memoir! The only picture is of Amra and Maci (the cat), which also is a section/time divider.
Content warning: Islamophobia, war, violence, death (it's a theme), genocide, rape (not to the narrator/author but it is mentioned), animal death, sexual harassment, humans being terrible and cruel*
*Probably my inner nihilist talking but I will include it
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Child death, Islamophobia, Death, Genocide, Violence, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Rape
Minor: Confinement
biacedbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Violence
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
peeniewallie's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Child death, Rape, Islamophobia, Misogyny, and Genocide
Minor: Animal death and Medical content