the art of racing in the rain

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


so everyone starts their review for this book by saying "wow it was written from a dog's perspective", and i agree with that but i also think it's a wonderful and challenging way to write a book. since we can only imagine what dogs think about our mannerisms it was refreshing to see how Stein gave enzo the personal qualities of a human. i loved the philosophy that enzo believed and even better that he states he watched it on national geographic. enzo's owner denny had more then the average rough go. he loses his wife, he almost loses his daughter (well he does for a significant amount of time), and then he loses his dog.this also brought to life the philosophy that things happen in threes. enzo has a vibrant personality and witty comments and actions that he thinks and does are what truly gives him an amazing character. he's a dog with morals and values and he certainly believes in karma, or king karma as he calls it. the ending of this story was a well rounded closure to a beautifully told tale. you really don't want the story to end but when it does you kind of channel the character of denny and are able to take a breath and smile.

ONE OF MY FAV PARTS- how enzo described taking the ride in the car on the race track. bark twice if you want to go faster .............ruff,ruff!



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