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After reading the Prequel to this book, Familiaris, in January, I needed to finish the story of the Sawtelle Family. A wonderful coming of age story, with a tad bit of unnecessary magical realism, I loved Edgar as much as I loved his grandfather, John. This book continues the story of the family business of the breeding and training of "sophisticated mutts" or Sawtelle Dogs. As I am getting my dog trained as I read this book, I was very engaged with the training stories and terminology.
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The book overall was not great, in particular the ending was not satisfying but most of the book was enjoyable in how the story was told. If the ending had been stronger, the book overall would have been better.
Great writing--really had me--but seemed to go nowhere. Disappointing ending.
A great book! Wonderfully written, unique yet with Hamlet themes mixed in. Probably not for everyone due to its length and sadness, but I ended up reading it some of the time and listening to it on CD some of the time and think it is one of the best books I have read in years.
I didn't understand what the hype was all about. I really didn't like this book. It dragged on for far too long!
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Aug 11, 2009
Aylin
marked it as to-read
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Aug 25, 2009
Kathrina
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really liked it
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Dec 03, 2011
Misha
marked it as to-read
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