Paperback, 332 pages
English language
Published by Forge.
Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh-out-loud funny, A Dog's Purpose is not only the emotional story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's -eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend.
Historia opowiedziana z perspektywy psa, któremu dane było pamiętać swoje poprzednie wcielenia. Książka bawi, uczy ale też i wzrusza. Każdy kto ma lub miał psa, z pewnością odnajdzie w tej opowieści część siebie.
5 BIG stars from me! I wasn't the biggest dog lover; more of a cat person, but this book has changed that. What a delightful read . . . sure to make anyone who reads it a dog lover!
Heartwarming and easy to read story.
I wanted to like this but the narrative was just so messy. The dog POV was interesting but having a more omniscient narrative on top of that (as well as allowing the dog to understand and comment on things it shouldn't understand) really pulled me out of the narrative. And the ending, yes the dog was going to have to find its purpose, was just a bit too much.
Manipulative. Woo-woo, wish-fulfillment fantasy. Omniscient first-person narrator, a gimmick that nearly led me to abandoning it early. And did I mention manipulative?
But dammit, it worked. Cameron has created an unlikely lens that focuses powerfully on human love, loneliness, happiness, uncertainty, and our talent for stumbling onto doing right. I never actually grew to love the narrative gimmick, but I did come to understand and accept it and even love the narrator.
