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One Dog At A Time: Saving The Strays Of Helmand - An Inspiring True Story (2000)

by Pen Farthing(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

009192880X (ISBN13: 9780091928803)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

review 1: What Farthing did for the dogs of Now Zad is heartwarming. The perseverance and dedication of Farthing and his friends is inspiring. He is definitely gifted and skilled in many areas, but unfortunately, writing isn't one of them. The book contains several errors and the dialogue in particular is very rough and awkward to read. A large part of the book is daily life stuff that has little to do with the dogs. The idea of reading about the reality of being stationed in an isolated compound in Afghanistan isn't so bad. It has the potential to be great. However, the writing is so dull and cumbersome that I had to skim through a lot of it just to finish the book. The book could benefit from better editing and being slimmed down a little, but I hate to be too hard on a tr... moreue story like this. My heart did go out to the dogs and I did take the time to smile at the antics of the canines and humans alike, and I am grateful to Farthing and everyone else involved for what they did and continue to do to improve the lives of these dogs.
review 2: I so wanted to read this book for such a long time...I lost the title once and then I found it again to realised then it did even had a second book [which I am starting to read straight away] and I have to say it didn't disappoint me! Yes, it is about dogs, very much in need dogs and it will require a lot of love and understanding for our incredible canine friends but it is also about Mr Farthing and his Kilo Company journey in a ravaged and war affected and alien land. It is Pen Farthing incredible story of his life leading his Company of Marines through their 6 months deployment in Afghanistan , their difficulties and their longings and how this incredible Gentleman gets involved with those strays Dogs and how the Dogs get involved with him. He brings out the Dogs character quite easy with snaps from them. It is a sort of happy-ish book cuz there are terrible things happening and also incredibly beautiful things happening and a sort of Happy Ending. If only RPG and AK would have made it to the end...but then, just maybe, it wouldn't have been real life. less

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