Tomorrow
Registered by maggiesma of Vancouver, Washington USA on 10/2/2021
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
An old dog searching for his master for hundreds of years.
On it's way to Hawaii
Arrived safely today. Thank you for sharing this with me.
Initial impression - not liking it, but I'd like to sort out the premise before giving up. The dog is immortal or nearly so, looking for his master who has gone missing many years before. He's also a supercilious vegetarian. A vegetarian dog. If whatever made him immortal was not also responsible for that little detail, that alone would be enough to kick me out of this story. And I'm getting a historical "kitchen-sink-y" vibe, where living a long time brings you in contact with many important events and well-known figures. I know this is an uncorrected proof, but I snorted when a woman was described as covered in tuille rather than tulle.
Overall not horrible, but a hot mess. Trying too hard to be clever detracts from the experience: the affectation of spelling it "chemyst," the weird decision to make the dog a vegetarian (has no real bearing on the story, unless the author is trying to argue that with a longer lifespan dogs would obtain the ability to consider philosophical or ethical matters), the token black character as some sort of proof of enlightenment. Ham-handed and awkward.
I put this book on my wishlist because it was recommended on NPR's website and described as having an "elegant mystique." Elegant is the last word I would use. WTF NPR?
Initial impression - not liking it, but I'd like to sort out the premise before giving up. The dog is immortal or nearly so, looking for his master who has gone missing many years before. He's also a supercilious vegetarian. A vegetarian dog. If whatever made him immortal was not also responsible for that little detail, that alone would be enough to kick me out of this story. And I'm getting a historical "kitchen-sink-y" vibe, where living a long time brings you in contact with many important events and well-known figures. I know this is an uncorrected proof, but I snorted when a woman was described as covered in tuille rather than tulle.
Overall not horrible, but a hot mess. Trying too hard to be clever detracts from the experience: the affectation of spelling it "chemyst," the weird decision to make the dog a vegetarian (has no real bearing on the story, unless the author is trying to argue that with a longer lifespan dogs would obtain the ability to consider philosophical or ethical matters), the token black character as some sort of proof of enlightenment. Ham-handed and awkward.
I put this book on my wishlist because it was recommended on NPR's website and described as having an "elegant mystique." Elegant is the last word I would use. WTF NPR?
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