Top tags: memoir, humor, dogs, non-fiction, pets (all tags)
“Oddly the family living with the dog was more interesting to me than the story of the dog's life. (Spoiler Alert) I teach natural childbirth classes and I'm amazed how many of my students hate their pets after the baby is born and want them gone. Lucky this couple worked through it.”
“Not as good as I thought it would be. I was expecting more stories about how "terrible" the dog was. More of a biography of the author than anything. I have to say that I was disappointed in it.”
“It's not great literature, but it has heart. Better than that, it made me laugh, MANY times... and cry, I confess. (I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I've always been a dog person.) I love that there is a chapter entitled "The Things He Ate." My boss has a dog like Marley, and this dog eats things like cookbooks and entire bags of new potatoes. He's eaten sewing needles, habanero salsa, her husband's boxer shorts. I tell my boss she should write a book, but John Grogan's already done it, so people would think she was imitating him. Anyway, back to the book - as soon as I finished reading it, I mailed it to my daughter, who is an even more enthusiastic dog person than I am, and who loves to laugh... and cry.”
“We took this book on CD with us on our summer road trip. It was a good story all four of us enjoyed it - two adults and two children. I was expecting more dog story, it is really about people, John and his wife, their trials and tribulations as they grow their family. Some of it was hard for the kids (6 and 7) to understand, but they enjoyed it and turns out his friend that appears several times in the story by name, is my college room mates' husband. That was a surprise. Hard to drive with tears in the end, but he turns the loss into a heartwarming moment.”
“Just loved the book - with a young 6-month old Lab who's taken over our house, I fully empathise with the book and the author!”
“when i read this book sime parts i cried in but i would love to have a dog like marley and it kinda made me feel like i was there with them.”
“I really liked this book. I've never had a dog like in the book, when I read it, it made me feel like it was my dog.”