The Hidden Language of Cats: How They Have Us at Meow by Sarah Brown is highly educational and helpful science journalism (4/5 stars)

The Hidden Language of Cats: How They Have Us at Meow by Sarah Brown is highly educational and helpful science journalism.

I listened to the audiobook via Spotify Premium. The narrator is Helen Keeley, and she does a fantastic job.

You can absolutely tell that the author is highly knowledgeable about cat behavior. She’s a research scientist of over thirty years, and has been at the forefront of research in this field.

I’m glad that she wrote this book. Not only do we learn the history of how we domesticated cats and the various places where they came from, but we get to see a bit of how she does her research. I really enjoyed the sections of the book that outlined her observations of feral cat colonies in England.

I definitely learned a lot! Cats have so many different forms of communication, some I wasn’t fully aware of, including vocalizations, tail signals, scents, rubbing, and ear movements. I’ll definitely be paying more attention to my pets after reading this book!

I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to Dutton, Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for the eARC. All opinions contained herein are my own.

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