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pageafter_paige's review against another edition
The way the author writes women is uncomfortable to me. The scene with the 15 year old female cousin seemed creepy and irrelevant to book that’s supposed to be from a dogs pov. I thought this was going to be better and more wholesome I guess? Instead the dog hates women but I don’t see how that’s necessary…
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, Misogyny, Grief, Sexism, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Excrement, and Violence
saoreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
5.0
The writing was very casual and goofy-like. It somehow emitted the persona of a dog itself, something easy to process and simply defined. In the proceeding chapters, it was so infuriating and grief-inducing that it wanted you to lash out and scream at the world how difficult it was for the love of your life to be taken away from him due to death, and in the process, even how close his child was due to custody. It definitely is a book that taught me plenty. At first, I was unused to it and found it unfamiliar and surely unrelatable due to car and racing terminologies, yet how the narrator wishes to speak to its audience using those as metaphors made it indeed soothing to read and, I ugly cried.
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Animal death, and Grief
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