Helpful Score: 5
This was the March 2012 pick in my online book club, The Reading Cove. Be forewarned: depressing, depressing, depressing.
The tone of this book could make you want to slit your wrists! If you've got high energy and are in a good mood, stay away from this book. It will knock you right down.
It's narrated by Helena, a veterinarian who died of breast cancer and left behind a house full of animals for her husband, David, to carry on with. And it's just layer after layer of dreary tragedy; but just not uplifting enough in the end to be justified.
It felt like the main thrust was a commentary about the multi-faceted bond between animals and humans, with a trial that, in the end, was just overly dramatic at times, a playground for the theatrics of a heavy-handed message.
I also think this is a rather macabre premise for the author, who modeled the main characters after his own life, with one exception: his vet wife isn't dead. Interesting that he'd want to explore the idea in this way...
Overall, I give it a generous C for some thoughtful lines and touching moments.
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The tone of this book could make you want to slit your wrists! If you've got high energy and are in a good mood, stay away from this book. It will knock you right down.
It's narrated by Helena, a veterinarian who died of breast cancer and left behind a house full of animals for her husband, David, to carry on with. And it's just layer after layer of dreary tragedy; but just not uplifting enough in the end to be justified.
It felt like the main thrust was a commentary about the multi-faceted bond between animals and humans, with a trial that, in the end, was just overly dramatic at times, a playground for the theatrics of a heavy-handed message.
I also think this is a rather macabre premise for the author, who modeled the main characters after his own life, with one exception: his vet wife isn't dead. Interesting that he'd want to explore the idea in this way...
Overall, I give it a generous C for some thoughtful lines and touching moments.
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