A review by kendramantz
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

3.0

The story itself was good and the dog-as-narrator approach was unique, but I found this extremely hard to get into. I did not think Enzo was lovable or even very dog-like in the story. He was wise, well-spoken, and extremely mature, unlike real-life dogs who, while they likely do understand what’s going on with their humans, are just not that intelligent (in a book smart sense). I mean, who has ever met a dog in real life that you could imagine saying things like “she had a full set of breasts for milking and hips wide enough for childbirth and so was, for all intents and purposes, an adult...” (pg 135). That kind of language coming from a dog was really a turn off for me and again made it hard to love the story.