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A review by rabbilizz
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
3.0
It started out slow, and then felt like it really sped along for the second half. I don't know much about cars and have never seen a car race, so a lot of the metaphors there went a bit over my head. The perspective of the dog was a cute idea, and the writing style effective. I tested up a bit at the ending.
Spoiler: the plot device of the false rape accusation is a real problem. It was written well, to be sure; especially from the perspective of the helpless dog who is unable to protect his innocent master. I definitely hated the characters I was supposed to hate, so the author did his job. However, with real rape charges being too often dismissed in real life, and the wildly held false belief that false rape charges are common and spiteful, I question the morality of a man writing in this plot line. Unless of course this is something he is actually drawing on from personal experience, in which case I apologize for diminishing his experience. I would just be concerned about who is reading this book and what message they are taking from it.
Spoiler: the plot device of the false rape accusation is a real problem. It was written well, to be sure; especially from the perspective of the helpless dog who is unable to protect his innocent master. I definitely hated the characters I was supposed to hate, so the author did his job. However, with real rape charges being too often dismissed in real life, and the wildly held false belief that false rape charges are common and spiteful, I question the morality of a man writing in this plot line. Unless of course this is something he is actually drawing on from personal experience, in which case I apologize for diminishing his experience. I would just be concerned about who is reading this book and what message they are taking from it.