The Story of Fester Cat: How One Remarkable Cat Changed Two Men's Lives Paperback – November 4, 2014

I love this book. I would be surprised if anyone who loves cats didn't like it. It's written by one of the true owners, in real life, but from the standpoint of the cat, Fester, and is mostly a true story.

It pulled me in quickly and you can easily tell that there is love and respect between Fester and his people. Funny and at times tearful. The saddest thing about loving your pets is the good bye. And I've said good bye to many. We take senior cats and give them a hospice home until they are ready to cross over. As I type this, my senior pointed long hair Meezer is loving on my arm. She came to us at 15 years old and we have had her 3 years. Paul knows the love and the heartache and tells us the beauty of loving our fur friends. May he have another one, and give it a home. After all, I think Fester would approve.

At first I wasn't all that sure I'd like this book - Fester is an senior citizen cat at the beginning of the book - he wasn't adopted to his "forever" home until he was 12 - he'd had two previous homes before but they didn't last - but, perhaps this is an example of "save the best for last" - he certainly was loved in his "golden years" and the care and devotion given to him by his owners is a testament to there love of him. Unfortunately, cats don't live as long as us humans - so, you know there will usually be a parting - sad, but true and it's a part of life to losing those you love in your journey. But Fester has a good run and it's a great store of two guys to take him in. I'd recommend it.

Fester Cat is heartwarming story of a wonderful European cat told from his perspective. As I've stated in other reviews, it's difficult to find good cat books because feline book reviews paint them all as wonderful, but Fester Cat is truly lovely. I have a 13-year-old female cat and find I'm able to connect to many of the references within the book. I believe the writing could be a bit more engaging, but at least the author writes well. That can't be said for all cat books. The book is definitely worth purchasing, but you'll also need to invest in some tissues or a hankerchief.

I totally enjoyed this book! It is the story of an older stray who decides to be adopted by two young men. It is told from Fester's point of view: how he view his adoptive fur parents; what he considers important in their lives; how he sees and relates to the other pets in the neighborhood. Despite crying through the first chapter and crying through the last chapter I found it a most enjoyable read.

The two fellas who adopted this stray cat performed a marvelous act.Because of owning cats at different times myself I do feel that it is possible to come very close to figuring out what your cat is thinking.I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Fester.

This is anthropomorphism to the extreme. Though I read the summary in the first-person of Fester, I (for some unknown reason) didn't think the entire book would be written as such. I have to admit, it got very old quite quickly. I knew I was over it when the gender-confused neighborhood tomcat kept getting teased about "her" enormous bollocks.I don't mind anthropomorphism for the most part. I've read other books written in the first person of the author in which they would add what they thought their pet was thinking at that moment, and it never bothered me. But, they were just bits and pieces added to the author's narrative. This is entirely flipped around. Also, I didn't like that he made fun of a very popular poem that has helped countless pet parents manage their grief. Though I haven't read the Rainbow Bridge, I didn't think it was his place to call it nonsense. Every person manages grief in their own way. This is all very unfortunate, because it sounds like Paul and his partner were blessed to have a very special cat adopt them.

This was a funny and sad book. If you like cats, then you will adore this cat named Fester. It ends sadly, but I liked the book and how Fester made the author's life better for himself and his partner. Cats are great pets! I was crying at the end of this book, because I know my cat will have to leave to his eternal garden in the sky at some point also.

This is the kind of book any reader who loves people and animals - cats especially but it isn't required to be a cat lover or owner to feel involved with the book - will just love. On the one hand it is a story of a day-to-day relationship of two people who clearly care for and love each other very much, their problems but also their triumphs, their habits and their outings, their settling down and their friends (helped in a big way by Fester of course!) seen from the not so obvious perspective of a cat. On the other hand it is the story of Fester Cat himself who has - as all cats tend to have - a rather quirky personality, and shows us an individuality all his own. But only from the age of app. 12, as he was a stray first and has known former homes. This intertwinement in itself should be enough for any reader to not put this one down until it's finished, and then turn back to find passages that you like very much. As I said in the beginning you don't have to be a cat owner to feel involved with these people, their friends, their not always so nice families (although in one case this is caused by the unhappiness of a death, not because the family itself wasn't nice), their jobs, their Panda, and their cats. Though Fester owns them, there is another one who pays visits. This is not the kind of book where the cats find clues, or which tries to be a cats' diary. It may be written from his perspective, but it's all about the relationships - with humans, humans together and with other cats.For someone who has had, and still has, cats of her own, there is a special poignancy in the fact that Fester could die with dignity and with his two silly humans with him. I know exactly how it feels when you loose a cat in that way, and the part describing that really brought the tears running over my cheeks. Don't get me wrong, this is not a sad book at all, it's just lovely how a little stray cat can become so important and loved. And it is known that cats may have nine lives, and some get rather old, but the average life span of humans is somewhat longer than theirs! In fact, I also had to laugh a lot while reading the book - leading to a different type of tears on my cheeks altogether! A nice touch are the photos included in the book. What an adorable little beastie! I totally understand the devotion he calls up by just looking at you.Highly recommended then: a book about love and care, withought getting sloppy or murky and managing to touch on deeply felt emotions within the reader.

The story is told by Fester, a toothless stray moggy who adopts Paul and his partner Jeremy. The opportunity to be, not a fly on the wall, but a cat in the lap, in this literary suburban home in Levenshulme had my neglected bibliophile purring like a kitten.When Fester is taken to Mr Joe at the hairdressers (the vets) to be put to sleep he takes us back through his wondrous life with Paul and Jeremy and the tidbits of tales he has heard of their goings-on Pre-Fester Cat; they are a pair of dafties but he loves them. And I came to love them too, I especially enjoyed the tale of how they met in the cavernous disco at CC Blooms in Edinburgh and discovered that only a few hours earlier by some cosmic coincidence, Jeremy had by pure chance bought Paul’s first novel, only later to reveal he found it in the bargain bin at Waterstones just six months after it’d been published!The tenderness of this book nearly made me cry so many times, not because the cat was going to die but because this genius memoir is filled with a hundred small acts of kindness and love. Just like in his brilliant Brenda and Effie Mysteries, Paul Magrs takes the neglected creatures barely existing in the margins and cherishes them – turning them into heroes who show us what it is to be human.I felt like I was part of Fester’s household; one of the guests at the feasts they host for friends with 1970s pop in the background; round the kitchen table playing board games at Christmas with a Smörgåsbord laid out; reading in the autumn sun with a scarf round my neck and a cup of hot coffee, lapping up a good mystery book; or best of all, sitting on the sofa in the beach house wishing there was a spot for me to write along with them.

Few people can really capture what it means to be a cat or a cat owner. Cat owners can relate to the animations of Simon's Cat or the existential observances of Henri, le Chat Noir. But the reality, the love and the heartbreak of cat ownership is lovingly crafted in Paul Magrs' book. Paul and Jeremy are adopted by Fester the cat, whose observations on the world and his 'owners" make for heartwarming reading.Having read this book a few months after the loss of my own cat (who looked uncannily like Fester) it helped to get over the loss, and brought back happy memories. They were my memories as much as Paul's.This is a must for cat lovers.

I love Paul Magrs books but when I received this I was a little dubious as it is written by the Fester cat, but shouldn't have worried as this is another excellent read. It is written with loving care and graps your attention from beginning to end. Highly recommended.

I've just finished reading this. I am struggling to find the right words to describe how wonderful this book is. The story is told from Fester's perspective, a tale of love, warmth and the importance of being a family. Beautifully descriptive, you can feel the breeze in Fester's garden, feel his deep relaxation and satisfaction at living with Paul and Jeremy. I fell in love with Fester reading this, and got an understanding of the closeness that Paul and Jeremy shared with him. In the harsh reality of the 21st century, if you need an experience that is going to remind you of what is really important in life then I can't recommend this book highly enough. I shall be hugging my cats a little more and appreciate them being around. They have their own story, as did Fester. Ungow!