A dog's purpose

mass market paperback, 323 pages

English language

Published Nov. 17, 2016 by Forge.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-8810-0
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OCLC Number:
919857664

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4 stars (13 reviews)

Searching for his purpose over the course of multiple canine lives, Bailey is reborn as a golden-haired puppy after a tragic death as a stray and shares a loving bond with young Ethan before he again dies and starts over.

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5 stars

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.

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Subjects

  • FICTION / Family Life
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Dogs
  • Fiction