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4.66 AVERAGE
4.66 AVERAGE
emotional
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i only cried twice! i followed two years ago after a sad boy and lola tiktok showed up on my fyp, and i’ve been equally excited for and procrastinating reading this because i wasn’t sure how ready my heart would be, but courtney’s writing gets across the full range of emotions masterfully - i thought i would feel empty at the end of this, but i am so inspired! sharing with my local cat rescue friends <3
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I meant to read this book over the course of the whole weekend, but once I started it this morning I just could not stop. This book is a real dark horse. I expected to be mildly entertained by cat antics and to learn a good bit about caring for strays along the way. This book certainly fulfills that premise but it's so much more than that.
Gustafson is incredibly open and insightful about the myriad struggles in her life, and especially how it feels to exist as a woman (and grow up as a girl) in a society that continually prioritizes men's desires over a woman's simple existence or even her basic safety. Gustafson touches on a lot of very difficult experiences, and manages to be so insightful about what must have been the worst times in her life. I'm amazed she was able to not only expose her heart like this, but that she could so clearly get to the core of some of the most complicated or humiliating parts of being a person. I loved every minute of this book and kept having to stop to make notes. I'm really looking forward to see what she writes next.
Gustafson is incredibly open and insightful about the myriad struggles in her life, and especially how it feels to exist as a woman (and grow up as a girl) in a society that continually prioritizes men's desires over a woman's simple existence or even her basic safety. Gustafson touches on a lot of very difficult experiences, and manages to be so insightful about what must have been the worst times in her life. I'm amazed she was able to not only expose her heart like this, but that she could so clearly get to the core of some of the most complicated or humiliating parts of being a person. I loved every minute of this book and kept having to stop to make notes. I'm really looking forward to see what she writes next.
challenging
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funny
hopeful
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inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
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inspiring
sad
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Format: physical book
This wasn’t quite what I expected. I liked it but I wasn’t blown away. Admittedly, I did not follow or know about Poets Square Cats before this book, I was just excited about a book cover with cats on it. It was certainly interesting but I don’t think I’m likely to put it on my recommendation list.
My personal rating system:
1 - I didn’t like the book and I’m not really sure why anyone else likes the book
2 - I didn’t like the book but I can understand why other people like the book
3 - I liked the book but not enough that I would recommend it when someone asks me for book recs
4 - I really liked the book and would recommend it when someone asks me for book recs within the genre
5 - I loved the book and would recommend to anyone regardless of their preferred genre
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hopeful
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One of the best memoirs I've ever read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced