Review: Short and a little depressing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
I ate up the series of Shames' great series of books that featured Bert the Shirt and his Chihuahua as funny and contributing characters. This story casts Bert as no longer independent and energetic, able to contribute. Instead it paints him in the depressing light of the elderly, their body failing, and unable to meet the least rigors of daily life. A last stop before a hospice center or the mortuary. It tries to be cute in depicting to frightened old men in a single attempt trying to shoo away a rooster whose wee hour crowing is annoying. It reads like a piece that Laurence Shames was going to include in a chapter of a book, but left it out as a bit lackluster. It shows up here as a way to exploit the good name and humor of his book series to earn a few bucks. It's a five minute read, definitely a short story.