Take a photo of a barcode or cover
It probably doesn't help that I just re-read Koontz's Darkest Evening of the Year, about a special Golden Retriever who forms a bond with a gifted but differently-abled child, but this felt so derivative. The bad guys are the baddest guys you can imagine, with no redeeming qualities, the good guys are so totally good and perfect that they don't feel real in any way.