A review by theciz
The Purest Bond: Understanding the Human-Canine Connection by Jen Golbeck, Stacey Colino

emotional informative medium-paced

2.5

While I have always loved dogs and will read pretty much anything about them, I have to admit to being a little disappointed with this. I guess it was a little more shallow than I was expecting - full of pretty obvious points I’ve picked up in magazine articles and tv shows over the years, not exactly complicated specialist literature, with some basic anecdotes mixed in. It also veers weirdly into generic "owning a new dog" advice at times, which felt like padding for an already pretty short book. Combine with the repetitive nature of the information and a very American kind of maudlin tone, I found myself skimming a lot. 

So I was disappointed because I don’t exactly have high standards for dog books and I love the social media of the woman who wrote it, but it still felt a little anticlimactic.