Dog on It

It was an ok read. An interesting perspective from the dog who is a character you follow with our private eye. It's an interesting concept, and I think this author managed to pull that off. The story was fine. I wasn't crazy about our detective, so it was putting me off.

I'm just not into “tough guy” men. I think they are losers, tbh. BUT if it's your thing, you may like some of John Grisham or Jim Butcher authors because they write some characters in this style.

Chet, I liked, I thought he worked well with the story. It was nice to have a likable character to follow around. The only thing I didn't care for was that this dog also had to be a “tough guy” dog?? It's just a weird.
If you liked it because of the dog perspective, you may also like “ The Art of Racing in the Rain.”



Rec by 2 coworkers

Very enjoyable story. Fast read. I like seeing Chet's version of the story.

Definitely a clever perspective, and like everyone else, I love Chet. ;) He was the highlight of the story for sure!

Chet is not only a dog, he's Bernie's partner at the Little detective agency. And more importantly he's the narrator of the story.

Having a dog telling the story makes for an interesting ride: he doesn't understand everything, falls asleep during conversations and have his own set of priorities. And then there's the problem of communicating with humans. Because Chet is not the kind of dog who can read, uses morse code to communicate or other humanizations that can be often found in books where an animal investigates.

I really enjoyed that book and will read the next hoping this was not only the novelty of the tone that hooked me. Seeing how people talked about the author at Bouchercon, I guess it was not just a fluke.

Though fairly light on the plot, I found Chet (the narrator) to be funny and endearing.