Review: Cute story idea. Poorly executed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
The premise of this story is so unique. I wanted it to work. Unfortunately, it didn't.The book switches point of view from first person to third, but not very well. The first five chapters were absolute torture, then suddenly in chapter six, when Oreo started speaking in first person, it was more readable. I was totally lost as the author introduced character (dog) after character (dog) after character (dog) with dizzying speed. Most of the dogs were only mentioned in the subsequent chapters as afterthought characters (i.e., part of a pack with no role in advancing the story). As a reader, my head hurt trying to follow the story because of this. I found myself skipping over large chunks of text and looking for the sections directly related to the two main characters - Oreo and Raffle. When I finished the book, I wondered why most of the other dogs in story were even introduced at all. They could have been brought in when needed instead of taking several chapters to give their back-story.Disclosure: I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review.