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A review by eviesellers
On Cats by Doris Lessing
1.0
this woman has a nobel prize in literature and yet wrote a near-unreadable book.
the prose within these pages is almost purposefully confusing, and assumes that the reader can make sense of her obtuse descriptions. it's frankly dreadful to read.
also, not to be a cat shamer or whatever, but this woman is a terrible cat owner. the first chunk of the book is about her family's farm in africa, where her parents would KILL A BUNCH OF WILD CATS. i understand the necessity of this within a farm setting, but WHY would you open a book about your love for cats and the relationship between humans and cats with a cat massacre. from here, she lets her own cats go outdoors and borderline refuses to have them spayed, both of which are harmful for the cats and the larger environment. she literally killed four perfectly healthy kittens from one of her cats' litter of six in order to make it more "manageable". WHAT.
what seemed like it was going to be a cute collection of stories about lessing's life surrounded by cats ended up being a paragon of irresponsible pet ownership that was boring at best and horrifying at worst.
the prose within these pages is almost purposefully confusing, and assumes that the reader can make sense of her obtuse descriptions. it's frankly dreadful to read.
also, not to be a cat shamer or whatever, but this woman is a terrible cat owner. the first chunk of the book is about her family's farm in africa, where her parents would KILL A BUNCH OF WILD CATS. i understand the necessity of this within a farm setting, but WHY would you open a book about your love for cats and the relationship between humans and cats with a cat massacre. from here, she lets her own cats go outdoors and borderline refuses to have them spayed, both of which are harmful for the cats and the larger environment. she literally killed four perfectly healthy kittens from one of her cats' litter of six in order to make it more "manageable". WHAT.
what seemed like it was going to be a cute collection of stories about lessing's life surrounded by cats ended up being a paragon of irresponsible pet ownership that was boring at best and horrifying at worst.