2005-10-24 Doesn't do what it says on the Tin

Think Cat is a decent book on cat care and behaviour, it's fairly well written, quite readable and pretty informative. It contains plenty of amusing anecdotes and is clearly written by someone who genuinely loves cats and if it was simply sold as a book on cat care I would have awarded it four, or perhaps five, stars - although, in my opion, Catlopedia does a better job on this front.

But Think Cat claims to be "An Owner's Guide to Feline Psychology" and it patently isn't. Desmond Morris's book Catwatching does a far better job on that score. Think cat is overly credulous, and apparently swallows whole such nonsense as Telepathy in cats while its treatment of cat behaviour is largely descriptive rather than explanatory. There's little insight to be found here unlike the similarly titled and presumably equivalent book "Think Dog" I didn't feel any greater understanding of cats after finishing the book nor did it arm me with any new tools or comprehension with which to help deal with my cats.

Overall then, it's a good book but it isn't what it claims to be.