The Art of Racing in the Rain in 100+ Books in 2025

Jul 07, 2010 Jim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks-read

This is at times quite sad, at times funny and extremely well written. (listened to this as a BOT).

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Jan 30, 2014 Ruth Ferguson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, book-club-selection

As a dog owner this is a book I tried to avoid because we know from the beginning the story will not have a happy ever after ending for lovable Enzo - or will it? I understand a published report indicates dogs really are capable of love to their human, this story certainly gives you hope that is true.

Enzo was adopted as a young puppy by Denny, an aspiring race driver, and it is through the eyes of Enzo we watch the family grow and go through tremendous sad days when Denny's wife dies and her fam ...more

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Jul 26, 2010 Julia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction

This novel has a dog as its narrator and it's a device that works very well, at least for this book. The dog Enzo is a mensch, many of the humans, well, some are evil, his human Denny is struggling. Denny is a race car driver and the descriptions of that activity is not something I am interested in. The parable aspect of the book was a little thick, I was more interested in the story, well, no not the story, but Enzo himself, who like Mongolian dogs, believes he will be reincarnated as a human. ...more

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Feb 12, 2011 Renee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Awesome book told from a dog's point of view. As a pet lover, I could totally relate to this story.
I believe dogs truly have their own way of communicating and this book shows just that!! ...more

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Aug 26, 2009 Bonnie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, 2008-books, warm-the-cockles-of-my-heart

A lot better than I thought it would be, given the hokey premise of a dog narrator. It was kind of nice that the large amount of tragedy in this novel was a little less present because it was the dog and not the people talking about it. Poor Denny, his wife dies of cancer, he is accused of rape, his parents-in-law steal his daughter through a bitter custody battle. His life sucks. Luckily it is Enzo (the dog) and not Denny narrating the book. Though, to be fair, Denny is the stoic type and not a ...more

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May 13, 2011 Jen Knox rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

listening to this one on audio - good audio/good story. maybe i'm a bit generous with the five stars, but i have a soft spot for a lovable/wise dog as the narrator, and the story really was pretty good. :) ...more

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