This story is told through the eyes of a dog. That may immediately turn some of you off, it usually turns me off! But it came highly recommended by a friend of mine who has never steered me wrong.
Although necessarily anthropomorphizing an animal by attempting to write down in human language their experience, Garth Stein draws this story in such a way that it transcends that fact. You begin to think of the dog as a real, thinking, sentient being which ends up being properly challenging. The story itself begins to take the drivers seat and suddenly you are inside the character, the dog Enzo, looking at life unfold through his own eyes.
Through this interesting perspective we learn the art of racing cars in the rain, love and loss. I loved what I learned about race car driving and will never see a race car without thinking about Enzo and his remarkable life.
Book 37
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