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jmyodafriend's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
I love Tom Cox's writing, and I can always count on several genuine laugh out loud moments when enjoying one of his books. His cat stories are my favorites, but the tales of his family, friends, and life in England are just as delightful. I'm looking forward to reading "Ring the Hill" next!
emmaprew's review against another edition
4.0
Highly entertaining read. Another of Tom Cox's ‘cat books’ but this one does feature several chapters on other members of the animal kingdom too.
lucy_12's review against another edition
4.0
This book made me want more cats. All the cats! But most importantly it reassured me that I’m not totally deranged for committing so much time and money to my elderly, diabetic, irritably-boweled mess-machine.
kingfan30's review against another edition
3.0
So my husband has this habit of taking a song and changing the words to make it relevant for us. So I did smirk to myself when I found Tom Cox does the same with the example of Phil Collins Easy Lover, changed to He’s a tabby lover/He’ll do a fart and you won’t hear it - might have to sing this to my tabby now !
I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first, I know it says adventures in cat ownership and beyond but there wasn’t enough cat fot my liking. I did enjoy his escapades into horse riding as I ride myself and could just picture the character of the horse. Also his dad sounds like quite the character, just the sort of person you’d like to meet. As with the first book, I felt we were missing some pictures of his cats and other animals, but a fairly entertaining read.
I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first, I know it says adventures in cat ownership and beyond but there wasn’t enough cat fot my liking. I did enjoy his escapades into horse riding as I ride myself and could just picture the character of the horse. Also his dad sounds like quite the character, just the sort of person you’d like to meet. As with the first book, I felt we were missing some pictures of his cats and other animals, but a fairly entertaining read.
cazzalarouge's review against another edition
3.0
Some sweet moments and I can always enjoy reading about quirky cat behaviour but as a novel or auto-biography or memoir it's got a dreadful, rambling structure and I lost interest at a few points...even shipping some parts as they just seemed irrelevant. Under The Paw had more focus and Good, Bad, Furry has the draw of focusing on The Bear, who is a true celebrity!
luana420's review against another edition
3.0
I kinda wish I'd read the cat books before I'd read the folk horror books cuz man, Cox really does give em little personalities and foibles to rival any of the human characters (they're certainly more human than many of the golfers from previous books).
It's all kinda slice of life until the (amicable) divorce at the end gives it a bit of a climax. I dunno, these books are just gentle bedtime reading.
It's all kinda slice of life until the (amicable) divorce at the end gives it a bit of a climax. I dunno, these books are just gentle bedtime reading.
traceyroberts's review against another edition
4.0
An enjoyable read but surprisingly not as cat orientated as the previous book