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A review by beeshep
Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey with an Exceptional Labrador by Stephen Kuusisto
3.0
The way that this book was written was very foreign to me - I do not really read a whole lot of poetry so this would explain why. I think that disabilities are something that few people truly will ever be fully accepting of and I love that this book addresses this from the perspective of someone with a disability.
The understanding of disabilities will never be fully reached and it breaks my heart that Stephen had such a rough childhood. Clearly, someone who is so full of life, this dog helped him reach himself, something he never knew possible.
I think that this book could have gone a lot deeper personally. It could have touched more, told more stories, and really been a memorable one. The ending felt like it glazed over the lives of 4 nameless dogs, without ever really talking about the final moments of this "exceptional" labrador's life. I think it was a sweet story, but it did not leave me fulfilled.
The understanding of disabilities will never be fully reached and it breaks my heart that Stephen had such a rough childhood. Clearly, someone who is so full of life, this dog helped him reach himself, something he never knew possible.
I think that this book could have gone a lot deeper personally. It could have touched more, told more stories, and really been a memorable one. The ending felt like it glazed over the lives of 4 nameless dogs, without ever really talking about the final moments of this "exceptional" labrador's life. I think it was a sweet story, but it did not leave me fulfilled.