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  4 of 5 starsPlease don't think me churlish, but I will kick off by saying that this book is not terribly well crafted - it's repetitive and poorly copy edited. So, if you're snobby about writing, I suggest you give it a miss. That said, it'll be your loss, as it is a heartwarming book with an important message, for reasons other than its prose.

Bowen describes how he was `invisible' when he was homeless, and the difference it made when he found Bob and took him busking with him. Suddenly people - the public - saw James, interacted with him, respected him. Having Bob humanised the man who was with him, and helped James turn his life around.

It echoes why this book matters: were it entitled `A Man Named James' I strongly suspect it would be invisible too. I doubt it would be published, let alone topping the bestseller charts, with James on TV sharing his experience. As a cat lover, it was Bob that made me gravitate to the story, and I'm sure I'm not alone (he is a particularly fine feline for all sorts of reasons) but there's so much more to this than fluff: through telling us about Bob, James is also able to share what it's like living on the streets, to busk, to sell the Big Issue and to come off drugs - all things most of us would otherwise shy away from reading about.

James Bowen isn't a writer, and he acknowledges at the end that he had some help in putting his story together anyway. But whilst A Streetcat Named Bob might not be great literature, it increases our understanding of people who often don't have a voice, and for that deserves its plaudits

А heartwarming tale with a message of hope (Daily Mail)

So, I'm agree with Sarah. The book is more a dairy than written masterpiece.

But me personally consider it as an advantage because from such a book I expect some kind, plain and emotional biography with some  artistic device of the happy and enthusiastic amateur author. His main signal he wanted to give is how one living being can save another living being's life by simply appearing in it.

And of caurse the last paragraph of her mindful review atracted my attention.

The idea is so important.. The book really helps us to notice and to pay deserved interest to a person having no job. We can clearly understand what his life is like and how could he even rescue Bob(many employed people would never help a homeless animal just because). And you know, dear readers, our prejudices would lead us to the thought that a busker could have used attractive Bob to earn much money but there are many worthy people on the streets who are just got to that lamentable social position under the influence of circumstances.. 

And I would rate the book with 5 stars, by the way.