Review: Doing the right thing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2011
This was a sweet read - a delightful tale with slight paranormal/sci-fi elements. It's rare that you read a book with main characters that are just down-to-earth nice people; conflict always sells. This book chooses to deal with situations that need to be resolved, rather than personal conflict, and while unusual in that respect I absolutely loved it.My favourite characters were definitely the dogs, especially Whisper, but the others were also great.The book is told from multiple-viewpoints in the first person, and while I would have liked to see a slight change in tone when the character changed, I put this one done feeling like I'd just had a great chat with a new friend.Since I normally like a darker tinge to my reading, I was surprised at just how much I loved it, and the strong belief through this writing that there are people out there who do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do.This book is grandma and kid friendly - although the first part is set heavily in the Vietnam war, there is no graphic violence despite a couple of woundings, no bad language (this is the politest bunch of soldiers I've ever encountered, on or off paper) and no sex scenes. The entire family could sit down and enjoy this. Highly recommended.