TW: cat deaths depicted and discussed

This was an amusing look at medieval cat illustrations paired with some fascinating cat history. The cat illustrations are always amusing because of how weird they look.

For anyone who loves cats this is a great read. It's fun, lots of quotes and just shows cats throughout history and the impact on some current jokes and sayings. I did laugh out loud and wanted to share this with many people who I know that love cats! I would gift this to cat lovers as well

I absolutely LOVED this book. This book features fun facts and art work about medieval cats in a humorous way which had my attention from start to finish. The captions along side the medieval artwork is spot on every time and hilarious.

As a vet tech and cat mom/lover I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I think it captured cats as a whole even in the medieval times. It's a little ironic that killing off cats indirectly started the bubonic plague. It was nice to see as years went on cats became more appreciated and well loved even by royalty. I can't say enough positive things about this book, I loved every minute of it.

Thank you to Netgalley, Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press, and Catherine Nappington for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Medieval Cats features cat related riddles, jokes, quotes, facts, fables, fairytales, poems, proverbs, and puns alongside medieval cat drawings and paintings.

Nappington gives us a sprinkle of medieval, sometimes gruesome, cat history combined with pictures that often make you think: Have these people ever seen a real life cat?

While I read this book in one sitting, I believe the best way to enjoy Medieval Cats is to take it in small bites. It makes an interesting coffee table book to leave through at your leisure.

As with all humor/satire books some jokes will land and others won't, but overall I enjoyed the tone of this book. Though there were a few things I would have liked to see done differently. For example this book features some very contemporary memes and song lyrics that stand out amongst the medieval tales. The gap between these two is in my opinion too great to be bridged by what this book offers.

Besides that I would have liked a tad more structure from this book. The chapters are not always well defined and the ending came quite suddenly. However this is something that will probably not be as noticeable if you don't read it in one sitting.

Medieval Cats is the book for you if you'd like to learn more about cats in the medieval times with a twist of humour. This book makes a great present for any cat owner or otherwise cat obsessed person.

TW: animal harm, animal torture, animal death, capital punishment

Thank you Ten Speed Press and Catherine Nappington for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Hilarious book but also informative about how a different time period viewed these kitties! Man the artwork included was so good and horrifying haha. It was an enjoyable read!