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Dash and Dingo: In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger

Catt Ford,

Sean Kennedy

Start date: April 1, 2011

Finish date: April 30, 2011

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Mar 29, 2011 Emanuela ~plastic duck~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, glbt, rainbow-gay, historical

I enjoyed this book. The beginning was a bit slow, but when the real adventure began, it became really compelling. I also found that the Australian setting was very intriguing and since I was not aware of the history of the thylacine, apart from some trivia reminiscence, I appreciated that the authors wrote their book around this very specific subject.

The sensitivity of the characters to the fate of the animals was quite modern, maybe even a bit too modern. I guess that there were people that in I enjoyed this book. The beginning was a bit slow, but when the real adventure began, it became really compelling. I also found that the Australian setting was very intriguing and since I was not aware of the history of the thylacine, apart from some trivia reminiscence, I appreciated that the authors wrote their book around this very specific subject.

The sensitivity of the characters to the fate of the animals was quite modern, maybe even a bit too modern. I guess that there were people that in the 1930s were pioneers for environmental problems, but I often found myself questioning about the open mentality of the majority of the characters of the book, since they are also very tolerant of homosexuality, which was a criminal offense at the time (I guess in Australia too), and their consideration for the culture of the native people of Australia.

Dash and Dingo were fun to read, because they are polar opposites in a sense, but they have the passion for the Tasmanian tiger in common. I was not very convinced by Dingo's words that he had wanted Dash from the first moment he set his eyes on him, because it seemed to imply that he had fallen in love quite quickly with the geeky Englishman. It was probably more attraction that love, but Dingo is a man of great passions and instincts, so it could have happened. The story is almost all in Dash's point of view, except for a few pages here and there and I must confess it irritated me a bit. I like when the changes of the point of view create a rhythm, but these sudden changes seemed more like a quick way for the author to make a point or convey an emotion, by-passing the problem of having just one narrator.

I think there wasn't enough conflict. Since the relationship between the protagonists soon becomes a love story, with moments of lust and tenderness that I loved very much - so no conflict here - I was expecting something more tense regarding the confrontation with the bad guy. On one hand, I thought Hodges' motivations were too "shallow", this personal grudge was childish given the extent of Hodge's hate for the Chamberses. I was expecting the scorn of an unrequited love, even if Hodge's harsh words for the "unnatural" relationship between Dash and Dingo was maybe the signal of something more. On the other hand I think that Hodges appeared quite out of the blue on the main couple's heels, and there was no real chase. I was expecting ambush after ambush, I wanted angst at least in that part of the story, but the confrontation with the bad guy was resolved in one chapter. I like to be worried about the characters of the book for a long time to be able to care for them. While I enjoyed Dash and Dingo together and the humor of some situations, I couldn't really connect with them.

I enjoyed this book because it was a bit different from the books I usually read and it was really entertaining and I'm looking forward to the sequel, I'd like to read more of Dash and Dingo in the Australian wild. ...more

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Oct 01, 2010 OkayKim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: amazon, book

Ok, where's the sequel? ...more

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Feb 06, 2010 J.L. Merrow rated it really liked it

Took me a little while to get past the first few pages, but when I did, I was hooked! A really warm story, plus it made me think about an area of history I knew nothing about.

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Jul 19, 2012 Meggie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m-romance-romance, favorites, historical-fiction, action-adventure

I truly love this story. Dash or Henry and Dingo or Jack, were agreat couple and as great adventurers. I truly love the atmosphere between them, their hiding emotions and friendship. I'm just sad that this was the only book we have got from Dash and Dingo's adventures. I would love to read more. It's always a pleasure to re-read this story, over and over again! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED STORY! ...more

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