Review: Touching, Beautiful & Sad
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2013
This is not what I typically read, but I am glad I saw it and downloaded it to read.  It wasn't` a quick read, the subject is too sad for anyone with sensitivity or heart to rush through.  I stopped frequently, because I couldn't see through my tears and I couldn't stop them.  Patricia Halloff has written a book as memorable and touching as "WHERE THE RED FREN GROWS."  Sissypuss is told from a feline's point of view, utilizing the voices of several memorable cats that were part of the main characters' too short, too tragic life.  It is a book that every animal lover should read and pass on to others in the hope that the world can become a more humane place for all of its inhabitants.I've loved animals ever since I can remember, but my mother was allergic to cats so I couldn't have one until I had my own home.  Since then I`ve always had at least one cat and usually a dog also.  My daughter loved animals as much as I did, but she was partial to cats.  I believe it was because they recognized the loving, proud, independent nature they each shared.I know that there are people that torment animals just because they can and organizations that claim they are doing it as research and I hope that in the future that those who perform these acts will be severely punished here by law and in the afterlife.  I also would like to see the people who dump pregnant or unwanted litters of animals out to die punished severely.  This beautiful book sheds light onto a subject that we would prefer to ignore, but in doing so, we are condemning more animals to a cruel, senseless fate that will eventually lead to death, but not before, they have suffered too long at the hands of their tormentors.**UPDATE: June 2013: After much contemplation, I have decided to change how I rate the books I read. I feel that this is necessary for two primary reasons; there are too many high rated reviews from "SP's and or friends of the author. Secondly, we are limited by Amazon's rating system which I feel needs to be changed but until then this is my only option. My standards for the stars, (noted in the title of review), are shown below:**5 STARS: This will be for books that I consider outstanding, meaning that I will keep the version I have to reread again.4 STARS: Books I would have previously rated as 5 will be 4.50 or higher and books under 4.50 will be the same as Amazon's 4 (I Like It).3 STARS: Books I would have previously rated as 4 will be 3.50 or higher; books under 3.50: will be the same as Amazon's 3 (It's OK, recommend).2 STARS: Books I would have previously rated as 3 will be 2.50 or higher; books under 2.50: it was good enough to finish, not recommend.1 STAR: Books I would have previously rated as 2 will be 1.50 or higher; books under 1.50: I didn't like it, but eventually I finished it; books under 1.50: I did not like it and may not have finished reading, not recommend.0-STARS: Need I say more. NOT RECOMMENDED!