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 Get some perspective about life October 20, 2008
Reader (Georgia, USA)
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
I'm a pet lover, but really, is putting a dog to sleep the worst tragedy that's ever happened in the author's life?
He devotes about two paragraphs to his aging parents with health problems whom he rarely visits, while agonizing about whether he should have gotten the dog an MRI. Go visit your parents and ask how they are doing!
And are we supposed to be sympathetic that the family just couldn't enjoy their trip to the Bahamas because they were worried about the sick dog? Cry me a river.
 Thoughts on "Sprite" October 9, 2008
F. Cromer (Texas)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I lost an amazingly loveable Dalmation named Roosevelt in July 2008, and I think Mr. Levin's book was very helpful. While there was some sorrow during the reading, it helped to realize that many people out there feel as my family and I do about how wonderful and childlike a dog really can be...and feel the same pain as we do when they leave us.
As some others have mentioned, the content here is better than the execution of the writing. While Levin may not have the command of telling a story that some do, his attempt here to convey his joy and sorrow over Sprite will hit home with those of us who "get it" over the loss of our best friend.
 Book will make you cry and laugh September 21, 2008
dog lover (KC MO)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book as I am a dog lover. This book will make you cry and laugh. I have read other dog books and this one is not the best of the best, but is a good one
heartwarming September 14, 2008
Bettina K. D. Markowitz (Sterling, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As an owner of an older dog, this book had me in tears the entire time. While it's not eloquently written and rather short, it just hit me in the heart. The love this man has for this little dog is one that any true dog lover can relate to. The way he had to face Sprite's fate was very real. It's a process to face the mortality of someone you love so much. While it was a sad goodbye to Sprite, you are able to see the healing process begin for the author.
just pitiful September 8, 2008
D. H. Morningstar (Mexico)
7 out of 22 found this review helpful
I love dogs, I love a good cry, I was ready to enjoy this book. I downloaded it on my Kindle. The book was self indulgent, self serving, ridiculous and corny. The author seems to have been insulated from life to such a degree that he is absurd. Parts of the book are all about bragging that he knows Rush Limbaugh, who he presents as Mr. Sensitive and the rest is just such a weak presentation of what could have been a lovely story. It was a surprise to me that someone in the business of writing could do such a bad job.
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