The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances

2.5 Overall. I truly wanted to like this book. I still want to like it, but quite a few things kept fighting against me. The ideas are there; I very much liked the premise of this book and how dogs and humans can work to rescue each other. However, on the execution level, things simply did not jive......more

There may be a novel in there, but between lists of dog breeds, screeds on dog training, etc. I didn't see one. Too bad, because it sounded like my kind of book had it been less full over over-serious earnestness.......more

The GR reader reviews are all over the place for this book. I understand the objections, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story is shamelessly, unabashedly anthropomorphic, and I loved that. The dogs are just great-Hank, who's terrified of stick shapes; Shadow, who won't bark; Tasha, a rambunctious......more

I am a huge dog lover so I enjoyed the book – the dogs were my favorite. Well, most of the dogs. I am a big dog lover so Josie and Dora weren’t really a favorite of mine, but I loved Hank and was bummed he left so soon. I loved Boomer as well (pit bulls and goldens are my dogs of choice!). (And I enj......more

I love dogs. I love books. I do not love books about dogs. Either they are too depressing or they are too happy. This one was more on the depressing side. Evie is a young woman recently out of rehab who finds herself employed as a trainer at a dog sanctuary. Evie' s background is never really explor......more