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What A Difference A Dog Makes: Big Lessons On Life, Love And Healing From A Small Pooch (2010)

by Dana Jennings(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0385532830 (ISBN13: 9780385532839)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: This is a pleasant book that is filled with cute little bijousims, otherwise known as little nuggets of wisdom from Bijou de Minuit, Canine Zen Master. While not one continuing narrative, it is collection of stories mostly about the author� s dog. There are some human stories thrown in there, as well as stores about goldfish, guinea pigs, and lizards. The second part of the book was better than the first, but overall this was a book I enjoyed reading.
review 2: Well, I thought I was being hard on this book until I read some of the other reviews and realized I wasn't. If you are a dog lover, you will appreciate this book - well, maybe that's a stretch. It will not, positively, make you sad, happy, overly thrilled to have a dog, make you want to get a dog, or m... moreake you care about this dog or author in particular. The potential for this book was huge - a man survives cancer with the help of his dog. You would think it will be brilliant and uplifting. It's so not. It is complete surface fluff and the author never takes us anywhere except through a 30 second commercial about what looks like a good movie, but in essence is not. Yes, dogs drool and bark. They "bark, bark bark!" as the author indicates time and again. Good grief. Really? And things that should be endearing are just gross - a dog licking in between your toes for an inordinate amount of time is not cute, it's gross. And dogs barking in symphony through the neighborhood is not sweet, it's annoying as hell. This could have been something, but it simply wasn't. Read about Marley instead, if you want a book about a dog you can't resist less

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