A review by zinedine
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

This is such a heartwarming book! If you’re an animal lover, particularly dogs you will adore this book. Like probably many people, I have watched the film many times years ago, and this book had been sitting on my bookshelf for the longest. The film is very close to the book, so if you loved the film you will probably love the book more.

I love how the story is more than just memories of a ‘bad dog’ and you watch how the author grew in the years that he had Marley and the family he created during that time. You see how he grows as a father, in his career and the impact owning a dog had on his family in a positive way. There a more wacky moments that his dog was involved in, which had me smiling and towards the end even made me a little emotional.

There are certain practices that he did with his dog that definitely wouldn’t be acceptable now, and there was a contradiction on Marley loving his tranquillisers and then refusing them, which made me mark it slightly down but it definitely didn’t ruin the book or experience for me. 

Overall I highly recommend!