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This is remarkably poorly written. Sometimes chunks of almost-identical text is repeated (once a total of three times in a row), the grammar and spelling are a bit sketchy throughout, and it's oddly phrased as well. At one point it seems to refer to itself as a "video," and I'm almost wondering if this was an auto-captioned version of a Youtube video?
At any rate, here are a few direct quotes, including all punctuation present in the ebook:
At any rate, here are a few direct quotes, including all punctuation present in the ebook:
John Christie had learned of her situation and was preparing a way to solve Barrel's problem. Beryl is panicking; she wants to have an abortion; first of all, her husband was against it, so she tries to give herself an abortion by taking pills inevitably.
Christy got to hear about it and said look I can solve this problem you know
They had access to confidential information and wanted to keep Jack interested in alive.
In case you are wondering: yes, "Barrel" and "Beryl" is the same name, as is "Christie" and "Christy."
My bar for true crime is honestly quite low and the fact that I'm bothering to write out a review should tell you how clearly this book took that as a challenge. I kept reading it out of bemusement after a certain point -- it is very short and sometimes you can't quite tear your eyes away.
There's probably a better way of describing this than "twee" but damned if I can find it. The romance is making me wince already. I am about 95% sure I know at least one of the "twists," and I don't even care enough to skim to find out if I'm right. I was excited about this book before I started.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog
DID NOT FINISH: 19%
Holy shit, this is fear-mongering as Hell.
As a rule of thumb, your puppy needs to meet at least a hundred different people during his first month at home. Not only is this easier to do than it might sound, it’s also lots of fun.
and also:
Regardless of breed, breeding, pedigree, and lineage, if your prospective puppy’s socialization and training programs are not well under way by eight weeks of age, he is already developmentally retarded.
and finally, this, repeated easily a dozen times in the 19% I've read:
Remember, it takes only a few days’ start to ruin an otherwise perfect puppy.
Like...my dude, this is not helpful advice for parents of a puppy. All this has done is convince me I should not have adopted my abandoned puppy, all dogs have horrible problems, and my beautiful Gwen, whom I raised from a puppy, had no right to turn out as well as she did. There is no actionable advice (maybe that's later but I'm nearly 20% in), just lots of "remember if the puppy didn't get trained before you got it it is ruined" and "everything you do has the potential of ruining your dog."