A review by emmasophierund
Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper

4.0

Homer's Odyssey is a charming memoir about life with a remarkable cat named Homer, and, oh yeah, he's blind. I have to admit I was pretty skeptical when I started reading this. On Christmas morning I unwrapped this book- a gift from my little sister, a passionate lover of pets, and thought 'Oh boy. A book about a cat. Awesome.'  I'm not really the kind of person who goes for those cheesy animal books (You know the type- a series about retired race horses or rescued dogs) I tend to like books that are a little more down to earth. I was, therefore, a little bit shocked when I started to get sucked into this book. Homer is such an amazing cat. He taught Gwen so much about life, I felt comforted, and honored to learn a little something from him vicariously through Gwen's writing. This book made me chuckle a little, smile a lot, and cry three times. It was pretty good you guys. It was actually pretty damn good.