Recently received this as a gift and it was rather apt given that I love linguistics and have recently taken in a juvenile cat from cat protection, having not cared for a cat in almost a decade. I found the phonetic approach to cat communication really interesting and refreshing, and the IPA transcriptions are really useful for discerning different sounds if you are able to/learn how to read it. I'd say it might not be up the street of people who have no interest in phonetics and it can be repetitive at points, which is why I went for 4 stars. But I am very curious about the funded research Schötz is currently conducting about human-cat interaction and look forward to reading more about it and learning more about my cat Freya's own vocalisations.