“Wow, this was recommended to me by a coworker and I cannot say that I feel as strongly about it as she did. She claimed it was one of the best books she had ever read. Hmm. I wonder how much she has read? The emotional journey that the main character undertakes is interesting and makes for a good story. His wife has just jumped/fallen (?) from a tree and he is trying to teach his dog to talk so he can figure out what happened.
That's where the book goes wrong. The absurdities of this part of the story detract greatly from the interesting story to be told. Ultimately, the writer also deprives you of being able to fully "solve" the mystery by witholding KEY facts until the end of the book. These are facts that the main character knew, but did not reveal until the end.
By the end, I felt like the book had the potential to be a 5 star story, but ended up with only 2 stars because I had to completely suspend my disbelief in regards to every single thing about the "teaching the dog to talk" part of the story and also because major plot reveals were held to the end of the book.”
tsteele93 wrote this review Monday, November 27 2006.
(
reply |
permalink )
