Reviews

My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr

bookworm4tea's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This was such beautiful book about the relationship between the author and the cat he rescued…or maybe it’s about the cat that rescued the author. This powerful book gave me all the feels that are usually included in a story about a loved animal that played such a huge role in a person’s life.

cs_the_librarian's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

joannema7's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

5.0

jamiebrito's review

I requested this as I love cats and stories about cats. However, after reading the prelude, I stopped reading. *Note that all the opinions the author stated in my review are in an arc of this and may not be in the final release of the book.* The author talks down on people who don't let their cats outside, saying you are giving them a less fulfilled life, keeping them inside all the time. Instead he believes cats should go outside to face all kinds of dangers(disease, cars, fights with other cats, people poisoning cats,getting lost/picked up and taken to a shelter, etc) and the detriment outside cats are to the wildlife(birds, squirrels, chipmunks, etc). I have had cats for 14 years, and they have all been very content and happy as inside only cats with no interest in going outside. My husband had a childhood cat who was also indoors only and very happy/content with that and was 18 to 19 when she passed away. My husband and I also worked at an animal shelter and saw the shitty things some people did to outside/stray cats.
Thank you to Netgalley and Little Brown for an arc of this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty