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longtimereader's review
2.0
The writing was easy to read, but it's an instalove series. There's nothing wrong with that, but I thought it would be different. The stories focus on romance and not much else.
I feel that it should be stated because it wasn't in the book, that for our Veterans, or anyone else, it takes a *great* deal more than is shown in this trilogy to have a proper Service Dog. Matching the right dog, with the correct background, with the proper instincts, to the individual that needs them is not a fast and easy task. It's complicated, and many dogs aren't cut out for this line of work. This book doesn't show that instead, it's a romanticized rendition.
Occasionally, a shelter dog is able to be a Service Dog, but that is few and far between in the long run. Most come from unknown backgrounds, with unknown abuse issues, trauma, lack of socialization as a puppy, imported from other countries and it seriously complicates matters to have a dog with these issues try to be in this line of work. There's also a distinction between therapy work for dogs, and Service Dog work, which also wasn't clarified in this book. Seeing Eye dogs can't be small breeds, and the fanciful misconceptions of the author aggravated me. It takes two years or more to train one to place with someone who is blind, and you don't take that dog off the leash and leave that person stumbling around.
My other disappointment with this trilogy was the lack of God or Christian message in the stories. It lacks any strong faith-based messages, that tends to get mentioned in passing, and is absent in the first book. It was painful for me to push through reading this series. Sadly, I have to give this 2 stars.
My copy came from Celebrate Lit. My thoughts and opinions are mine alone. This review was left of my own free will.
I feel that it should be stated because it wasn't in the book, that for our Veterans, or anyone else, it takes a *great* deal more than is shown in this trilogy to have a proper Service Dog. Matching the right dog, with the correct background, with the proper instincts, to the individual that needs them is not a fast and easy task. It's complicated, and many dogs aren't cut out for this line of work. This book doesn't show that instead, it's a romanticized rendition.
Occasionally, a shelter dog is able to be a Service Dog, but that is few and far between in the long run. Most come from unknown backgrounds, with unknown abuse issues, trauma, lack of socialization as a puppy, imported from other countries and it seriously complicates matters to have a dog with these issues try to be in this line of work. There's also a distinction between therapy work for dogs, and Service Dog work, which also wasn't clarified in this book. Seeing Eye dogs can't be small breeds, and the fanciful misconceptions of the author aggravated me. It takes two years or more to train one to place with someone who is blind, and you don't take that dog off the leash and leave that person stumbling around.
My other disappointment with this trilogy was the lack of God or Christian message in the stories. It lacks any strong faith-based messages, that tends to get mentioned in passing, and is absent in the first book. It was painful for me to push through reading this series. Sadly, I have to give this 2 stars.
My copy came from Celebrate Lit. My thoughts and opinions are mine alone. This review was left of my own free will.
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