This was a fascinating read! I was expecting a slim book along the lines of the stocking fillers you see at Christmas, with a few tips about cat body language and purring, but I was completely wrong. This is a book of linguistic analysis of cat noises, complete with diagrams, written by a cat-loving phoneticist, and it's really really interesting. There's an excellent balance between the slice-of-life elements about the author's five current cats and many previous cats, and the more scientific exploration of the noises they make. You can tell the author really loves her feline family, which makes this a joy to read.

I think its scientific approach will make this book very niche, but it happens to tick two of my boxes (cats and linguistics), so I loved it, and I think anyone interested in either subject would find it interesting. I found myself making a lot of cat noises out loud while reading!