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A review by stormslegacy
Nop's Trials by Donald McCaig
3.0
Essentially, this story is to dogs what Black Beauty is to horses. The over-riding theme is that animal suffer much at the hands of humans. It would be unfair to say that it is JUST a Black Beauty copy but it's difficult to not see the parallel.
I did have two issues--one of the characters could best be described as "chaotic evil." Some of his actions make no sense. I get that people often do things against their own self-interest but this man's actions are downright random and you're expected to take them at face value because he's EVIL. I won't give anything away--if you read the book it will be fairly apparent which character I'm referring to right away. The second is the way the dogs speak, "Thy and Thou art".
It's a fast read and plenty fun enough to keep you interested if you like dogs. It says on the back that this novel is meant for adults but TBH I thought it would be more appropriate in the young adults section.
I did have two issues--one of the characters could best be described as "chaotic evil." Some of his actions make no sense. I get that people often do things against their own self-interest but this man's actions are downright random and you're expected to take them at face value because he's EVIL. I won't give anything away--if you read the book it will be fairly apparent which character I'm referring to right away. The second is the way the dogs speak, "Thy and Thou art".
It's a fast read and plenty fun enough to keep you interested if you like dogs. It says on the back that this novel is meant for adults but TBH I thought it would be more appropriate in the young adults section.