Member Reviews

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  • Rated 1 stars

  “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats is cute, entertaining, but is not meant to be great poetry. =P
  
  T. S. Eliot wrote these poems for his godchildren, and while children of all ages may enjoy reading about how “a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES” these poems do not reflect his work. Ironically, due to the play version of “Cats” the short whimsical poems in this volume are among his best-known works today.
  
  As a cat lover, not even the trite rhymes or short phases in this volume such as “A CAT IS NOT A DOG” can really turn me off that badly. =P”

  Peach wrote this review Wednesday, July 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This book is full of rhymes and good times!! I loved to read it!! T.S. Eliot rocks!!!!! make sure that you see the play or listen to the music from Cats!!”

  Jen S wrote this review Wednesday, July 9 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Very funny book. Since I read it I'm always very polite to my cat. I hope she's got a nice name in the world of cats, haha. I love the musical that Andrew Lloyd Webber made of this book.”

  Monique wrote this review Sunday, June 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Went to see the Broadway Show CATS and wanted to know how close the performance was to the book. Very similar and equally enjoyable. A must read and a must see.”

  Ms. "V" (Victoria Thomas Poller) wrote this review Wednesday, June 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Very silly and funny and fun, also a pretty amesome musical.”

  Golden Apples wrote this review Sunday, June 1 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I had to go and pick up this book after hearing a snip of it in the movie Logan's Run. It is a very amusing book of poetry about... Cats.”

  Keebler wrote this review Tuesday, March 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats. No really....it's better than Cats. Fans of the musical need to read the original material. Who doesn't love nonsense verse? ”

  ninamann wrote this review Monday, March 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “I love this...perhaps because I went to see "Cats!" when I was young?”

  Lola B. wrote this review Thursday, March 20 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “What an imagination and insight into the mysterious lives of cats.”

  BellaNette wrote this review Tuesday, February 5 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Do you like poetry? Do you like cats? Do you like to twist your mind around strange notions and delightful escapades? If so pick up T.S.Elliot's Book of Practical Cats. So many wonderful poems here. Whenever I am feeling blue this is one of my first things to do - read about The Old Gumbie Cat or The Great Rumpuscat. So many words to tangle your tongue and sweeten your dreams. "So for Old Gumbie Cats Let us now give three cheers - On whom well-ordered households depend, it appears." ”

  AngeliBaci wrote this review Thursday, December 13 2007. ( reply | permalink )