Dogs should not be washed more than once or twice a year because it upsets the balance of oils in their coats. There’s also a flippant remark about washing the dog almost ‘too much’. ( )Ī re-read for me, and I must start by saying that it’s possible but surprising the author was not aware back in 1987 that human chocolate is poisonous to dogs, but I would hope any reprints of this book would have the scenes where Travis feeds the dog such treats removed. certainly it could have been worse, but it could have been so much better. i just found the writing, the length, the emotional manipulation, and too much of the content to be subpar. i could see that he was trying to be forward thinking in the way he wrote racism and sexism, but thank goodness we've at least come as far as we have since 1987 when this was written.Īgain, this story idea - of a genetically engineered animal and man-like creature to be used for different wartime things was actually pretty interesting.

i hate the way he wrote the main heterosexual relationship here she's so infantilized and that's made to be cute he is supposed to be a good guy but the way he deals with her trauma would actually be retraumatizing for most people and secondarily, the way and speed with which they fall in love felt ridiculous to me. but this is many hundreds of pages too long, and i'm obviously reading this with the advantage of 35 years of social changes since he wrote this, but ugh. the idea here is actually a pretty interesting one.

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