Dogtown by Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko

4.14 AVERAGE

kellykm15's review against another edition

3.0
funny hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

abarton92's review

5.0
emotional inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mrsglovestoread's review

4.5
adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readingisselfcare's review against another edition

4.0
emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jlshields21's review

4.0
emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

katiealeman's review

4.75
adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mstolz's review

4.5
emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Great book especially for anyone adult or kids that like animal story genre.  There are sad moments too but you can see through the eyes of a dog when they are in the pound.  Heartwarming.  

jess061's review

5.0
Mades me want to adopt another dog 🥹

engel_dreizehn's review

4.0
Thought it was quite cute and heartwarming...Chance's backstory regarding her legs is especially heartbreaking!

dawnackroyd's review

5.0
The heartache of dogs in a shelter!

I was taken back by Chance's story of how he lost his leg and how irresponsible his dog-sitters were.

It is also a great story representing inclusion: autistic child, abandoned and disabled dog, multi-lingual mouse....all without being didactic or preachy about it all. It is just the way the story is.

I thought the robot dog was kind of weird but maybe it was a good way to address the them versus us problems in our world and also to bring in the idea of AI

Best of all, it has a happy ending.