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The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Street-wise Cat by James Bowen
labunnywtf's review against another edition
5.0
I love this fucking cat.
I have such an affinity for animals. Not like, "Oh, I love animals they're so fluffy and cute and I just want to look at puppies on the internet all day!"
No. Like, I have braked hard enough to leave marks on asphalt to get a snake out of the road. I swerve around frogs, and once stopped traffic because a wild turkey had been hit and I ran to wrap him in my jacket, and held him while he died.
I have an affinity for animals.
The first book touched me so deeply, this wonderful, broken person who found this random cat, and this amazing bond that formed between them. Animals are healers, if you let them in. And these two are just so perfect.
I am more convinced than ever that I need to meet Bob the cat. I promise to bring bubble wrap and catnip balls and yummy treats.
The chapter where James got DVT, and was grumpy and scared that he was chasing Bob away with his antisocial behavior. It broke my heart, because I would've had the same fear. And I was heart broken that Bob didn't have his friend for such a long period of time, and the way he acted while James was hurt.
And then fucking hell, Belle telling him about Bob checking on him while he slept and curling around his leg. Seriously, ugly snot tears. That is an animal who wants to heal. I had one of those, when I needed her the most. I still have her ashes.
I love that James published another book. Thank you to whoever talked him into it, if he was hesitant. I love that there were more Bob stories, and that we got to find out what happened after the book came out. I was furious to read about his removal from the Big Issue, and what an awful time he and Bob had going back on the streets busking. But the story of Bob saving him from the mugger was probably my favorite thing I've read all year.
The line drawings in this book are so cute, and so sweet. They added flavor to each chapter, way better than if we'd just had pictures of Bob himself.
I want Bob to live to be 50. I don't ever want to hear about Bob passing away. Ever. When he does, I need to be sheltered from the news, because I will be in hysterics.
I have such an affinity for animals. Not like, "Oh, I love animals they're so fluffy and cute and I just want to look at puppies on the internet all day!"
No. Like, I have braked hard enough to leave marks on asphalt to get a snake out of the road. I swerve around frogs, and once stopped traffic because a wild turkey had been hit and I ran to wrap him in my jacket, and held him while he died.
I have an affinity for animals.
The first book touched me so deeply, this wonderful, broken person who found this random cat, and this amazing bond that formed between them. Animals are healers, if you let them in. And these two are just so perfect.
I am more convinced than ever that I need to meet Bob the cat. I promise to bring bubble wrap and catnip balls and yummy treats.
The chapter where James got DVT, and was grumpy and scared that he was chasing Bob away with his antisocial behavior. It broke my heart, because I would've had the same fear. And I was heart broken that Bob didn't have his friend for such a long period of time, and the way he acted while James was hurt.
And then fucking hell, Belle telling him about Bob checking on him while he slept and curling around his leg. Seriously, ugly snot tears. That is an animal who wants to heal. I had one of those, when I needed her the most. I still have her ashes.
I love that James published another book. Thank you to whoever talked him into it, if he was hesitant. I love that there were more Bob stories, and that we got to find out what happened after the book came out. I was furious to read about his removal from the Big Issue, and what an awful time he and Bob had going back on the streets busking. But the story of Bob saving him from the mugger was probably my favorite thing I've read all year.
The line drawings in this book are so cute, and so sweet. They added flavor to each chapter, way better than if we'd just had pictures of Bob himself.
I want Bob to live to be 50. I don't ever want to hear about Bob passing away. Ever. When he does, I need to be sheltered from the news, because I will be in hysterics.
karen07112000's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
orireads's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
One for the cat lovers! A collection of anecdotes about the bond between Bowen and his cat Bob, this inspiring book is easy to dip in and out of and sheds much-needed light on the lives of people without secure housing.
htzbeverton's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
nataschasbokhylla's review against another edition
4.0
4,5⭐️ for me this was not as good at the first one I think some of the stories are the exact same as the first book? But other than that it is really good! the end really made me cry when James got the question what he would do when Bob is gone. And he is gone now