Reviews

Talking to Animals: How You Can Understand Animals and They Can Understand You by Jon Katz

greenblue22's review

4.0

Sometimes profound, sometimes repetitive, but overall makes you think of animals differently.

reneemorse's review

5.0

Finally someone to help me connect my thoughts, and fill in some gaps, about the dignity of domesticated animals. Katz isn't loved by everyone, but I like him. I agree with him that animals (pets specifically) aren't children. We aren't better than them. We are different and we need to share this planet together, be partners. The stories he shares are touching and thought provoking. Hope you like it too.

p0tat0's review

2.0

I appreciated what Katz had to say about being open to communicating with the animals in your life through patience, love and clear intentions. However, this fell short of being an enjoyable read for me with the staggering level of repetition (to the extent that consecutive paragraphs repeated the same point with only slightly rephrased language.) Moreover, the idea of receiving mental images from your animal is crazy to me and no one has a more codependent relationship with their dog than I do.