The Art of Racing in the Rain

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Despite being a dog adoring person, I avoided this book for a long time. Uber popular lit fiction does that to me, oddly enough. But it kept falling into my hands (the book that is) and so I finally read the first few pages, and got completely sucked in. Tight writing, unique narrative, good symbolism throughout and well wrapped up at the end. Typical modern literary fiction, but that's not a bad thing. In fact, it's a shame how many current books can't hit all the right marks that this one did.

But to be honest, the real reason I loved this book is because I totally want to believe that this is what my dog thinks, for reals. I blame my second grade teacher, who aloud read to the class "Where The Red Fern Grows".

Was surprised by the racing metaphors, but it works. Of course, I don't know a damned thing about racing to begin with.

Fun delightful book, well written that makes good reading.

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