A Street Cat Named Bob
A Street Cat Named Bob, by James Bowen
Blurb:When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London and the last thing he needed was a pet.Yet James couldn't resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat, whom he quickly christened Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to health and then sent the cat on his way, imagining he would never see him again. But Bob had other ideas.Soon the two were inseparable and their diverse, comic and occasionally dangerous adventures would transform both their lives, slowly healing the scars of each other's troubled pasts.Okay, so this was a really nice book, though actually very different to the film. It was heartwarming and uplifting and easy to read. If it were being rated on writing and story-telling alone I don't think it would mount up to much - the writing is simplistic at best and quite repetitive at times. Often I found myself reconstructing sentences in my head, however, you have to remember that the author is not a professional writer, he's simply telling his story and let's be honest people aren't snapping up this book because it's literary genius. The reason I - and assumedly so many others - have enjoyed this book is because it's a true story. And, especially for me, since I'm English and know many of the places mentioned in this book, I felt vey invested in this story and the lives of James and Bob and I'm so glad that this book is a worldwide bestseller for their sakes; they deserved something great to happen to them.Personally, I've always been more of a dog person and I never really understood cat people, but the relationship between Bob and James is so sweet in this book, the feelings so heartfelt, that I almost wanted a cat! Almost! But I don't think my dogs would like that... they already took offence to the fact that I was reading a cat book!My favourite quotes from 'A Street Cat Named Bob':'There's a famous quote I read somewhere. It says we are all given second chances every day of our lives. They are there for the taking, it's just that we don't usually take them.''... they are lethal predators by nature. A lot of people don't like to think of their cute little kitty as a mass murdered, but that's what cats are, given half a chance.''Living on the streets of London strips away your dignity - your everything, really. Worse of all, it strips away people's opinion of you.''If we were the kind of people who stuck to the rules, we wouldn't have been there.'
Blurb:When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London and the last thing he needed was a pet.Yet James couldn't resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat, whom he quickly christened Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to health and then sent the cat on his way, imagining he would never see him again. But Bob had other ideas.Soon the two were inseparable and their diverse, comic and occasionally dangerous adventures would transform both their lives, slowly healing the scars of each other's troubled pasts.Okay, so this was a really nice book, though actually very different to the film. It was heartwarming and uplifting and easy to read. If it were being rated on writing and story-telling alone I don't think it would mount up to much - the writing is simplistic at best and quite repetitive at times. Often I found myself reconstructing sentences in my head, however, you have to remember that the author is not a professional writer, he's simply telling his story and let's be honest people aren't snapping up this book because it's literary genius. The reason I - and assumedly so many others - have enjoyed this book is because it's a true story. And, especially for me, since I'm English and know many of the places mentioned in this book, I felt vey invested in this story and the lives of James and Bob and I'm so glad that this book is a worldwide bestseller for their sakes; they deserved something great to happen to them.Personally, I've always been more of a dog person and I never really understood cat people, but the relationship between Bob and James is so sweet in this book, the feelings so heartfelt, that I almost wanted a cat! Almost! But I don't think my dogs would like that... they already took offence to the fact that I was reading a cat book!My favourite quotes from 'A Street Cat Named Bob':'There's a famous quote I read somewhere. It says we are all given second chances every day of our lives. They are there for the taking, it's just that we don't usually take them.''... they are lethal predators by nature. A lot of people don't like to think of their cute little kitty as a mass murdered, but that's what cats are, given half a chance.''Living on the streets of London strips away your dignity - your everything, really. Worse of all, it strips away people's opinion of you.''If we were the kind of people who stuck to the rules, we wouldn't have been there.'
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