One Good Dog in Crazy Challenge Connection

Feb 12, 2017 Vickie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: crazy-cover-challenge, jelly-belly-challenge, in-other-words, awareness-ribbons, gemstones, 5-star, aromatherapy, a-z-dessert, pretty-posies-across-usa, a-trip-to-the-mall

Wow! This was an extremely clever way to have both a human and animal narrate a book. One Good Dog by Susan Wilson is a creative novel of the unbreakable spirit of both man and dog, no matter how severe the life situations can be. I found this book in our town library and realized that it would be great for several GR challenges I am involved in. But it became more than just a way to fill in the blanks - I laughed, cried, swore, and then smiled in almost every chapter. Life is brutal for humans; ...more

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Sep 04, 2018 Daniel rated it liked it · review of another edition

CLUN. KY. WRI. TING.

This book reads like a Lifetime movie. (Not as Sacchrine as a Hallmark movie, a bit more bite but just as predictable.) But, an ENJOYABLE one, nonetheless. The chapters from the dog’s perspective were actually quite lovely, but every time we switched to the human protagonist I felt my eyes rolling so far back into my head I could see my own damn cerebellum.

Which is frustrating. The author can clearly write well, but chose not to for 50% of the book. (And the narrators of th ...more

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Jul 22, 2012 Book Concierge rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio, literary-fiction, concierge, library, dogs

Audio book performed by Fred Berman and Rick Adamson

Adam March is a self-made man. He has steadily climbed the corporate ladder and is sure he’ll be the next CEO of Dynamic Industries. His wife and only daughter lack for nothing. His hard work has provided well for his family, with a large home in the suburbs, as well as vacation homes in Florida and Martha’s Vineyard. His wife, Sterling, chairs all the best charity events, and they belong to the best club. But one tear in the tight mantle of se ...more

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Oct 18, 2012 Connie N. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: animal-dog, chick-lit, contemporary, number-in-title

This is one of those books that I have no idea how it ended up on my TBR, but I'm so glad it did. I don't think I would have read it otherwise--I'm not usually a fan of animal stories, but this book is so much more than that. It's so well written, and I was fascinated by the way the author wrote it from 2 different first-person points of view. First we meet Adam March, a hard-nosed, self-made executive who has built his success on fear and intimidation, even though he doesn't realize it. He has ...more

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Mar 15, 2012 Amanda rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle-ebook, read-2012, owned-books

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Had a slow start but turned out to be a really good book. A story about a man and a dog that come together when they most needed it and how being together changed both of their lives.

Adam is a hard man that losses things(money, job, marriage, house) in his life that he thinks are the most important thing. But in losing those things he realizes that they are not the important things in life. He is sent to do volunteer work at a shelter where he starts learning about the important things in life.

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Apr 01, 2012 Anne (Booklady) Molinarolo rated it really liked it

Shelves: good-fiction, literary-fiction, permanent-library, summer-2012

Three words forever change Adam March :your sister called. How had Veronica found him? And what right has she to have called? It’s been forty years since he watched her boots walk out of the door from his hiding place under the table. It has taken Adam back to a painful past that he has carefully locked away. His beautiful wife and daughter have no clue what it has cost him to become what he is today. Fearing the worst, he calls to his personal assistant for an explanation. Sophie ignores him, t Three words forever change Adam March :your sister called. How had Veronica found him? And what right has she to have called? It’s been forty years since he watched her boots walk out of the door from his hiding place under the table. It has taken Adam back to a painful past that he has carefully locked away. His beautiful wife and daughter have no clue what it has cost him to become what he is today. Fearing the worst, he calls to his personal assistant for an explanation. Sophie ignores him, too absorbed in her personal email. His fury is white hot after several attempts to get the young woman’s attention. He rises from his desk and goes to her and does the unthinkable. He slaps Sophie!

Sitting in the courtroom, the former self made millionaire has lost it all, except his humility. Adding to his belief that he is really the victim in this situation, the judge sentencing him to community service places the former “golden boy” of commerce to do his hours in a homeless shelter. He has lost his job, his perfect reputation, his home, his wife and daughter, now he must subject himself to bums. Oh great.

Meanwhile, Chance is living in cage in a basement. He is a mixed Pit Bull and is battle scarred. He is a fighter. And he’s a proud champion, though he really doesn’t want to fight. He must or face certain death or be bred to death. He hates the basement and the boys who fight him. Chance dreams of freedom, and does get it. He finds a mentor on the street and crosses paths with Adam. Will these two unlikely pair decide to belong to one another? They are both Alpha dogs and a chain of events will decide their fate.

Susan Wilson has created a wonder story. She totally fooled me with the first narrator, until he wagged his tail. Having both Chance and Adam tell their stories is a stroke of genius and works incredibly well. Even after they meet and their stories become one, Adam and Chance alternate the narration. I found Chance delightful. Adam grew on me. Together they work as a man and dog should. There are some humorous as well as tearful moments in ONE GOOD DOG. I dreaded the ending after reading The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, but the ending is the way it is supposed to be for Adam and Chance. Readers will love it. ONE GOOD DOG is one of those books that will stay with you for awhile and a go-to-read when you need warm emotional hug.
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