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Summary: Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Comment: I bought this book at the recommendation of the Oprah Book Club. I haven't completely finished it
yet, but I'm at least halfway through and it's a wonderful book, wonderful story and I don't want to
say more about it other than I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far. You can't go wrong with this one.

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Summary: Thoroughly Enjoyed this book
Comment: I am not an avid reader but a friend recommended this book because we are both dog lovers. I
really enjoyed this book & it is a book that I shall treasure and share with others.

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Summary: Wonderful book, wrong ending
Comment: What a wonderful read and a group of characters that tie you in to a story with the most unfortunate
and ill-perceived ending. I, as other reviewers, do not mind a tragic ending, but too much of the
novel's mystique that carries you through is left unanswered and unfinished. I am truly unsatisfied
after a starting a book that seemed to be off to a great start.

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Summary: I liked it but couldn;t finish it...
Comment: Beautifully written - but I am an animal lover and it was very, very hard for me to always be
waiting for the other shoe to drop. As much as I felt the author's intent to show Edgar and his
father and mother's love for their dogs, I also knew (from the first foreshadowing/preface page of
the book) that any minute a dog could or would die, be harmed, mistreated or neglected. This won't
be a problem for most people, but as someone who anthropomorphises - I felt the dogs were strong
characters in the book and deserved better. I literally could not finish this book once I saw the
writing on the wall (which was soon after Gar left...), This was my first "kindle-book" and I was
sad not to be able to finish the experience. I have NEVER not finished a good book. This is a first.

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Summary: A Good Read
Comment: This book has the potential to become a modern classic; it was extremely well-written and drew me in
like few books can. It reminds me of Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Especially good were the events
and impressions from both Almondine's and Edgar's points of view.
The last pages of the
book, however, left nothing but questions and cognitive dissonance. How could the protagonists
Edgar and Trudy deserve such an ending? Where was Essay leading the pack of dogs? Why did people
really want Sawtelle dogs and what were the Sawtelles truly selling? And what about all the
characters who took so much time to develop--the creepy old lady; Henry; Trudy; Forte II? How could
the author allow the plot to simply extinguish, without bringing any resolution?
Having
asked all these questions, though, I still recommend this book. If you need your book to have a
happy ending, don't buy this book. If you're comfortable with leaving a few loose ends, read away.
Perhaps in the future the author may publish some alternative endings. While we're waiting for
that, though, it would be a good college freshman literature assignment: rewrite the ending to The
Story of Edgar Sawtelle.
I'm looking forward to more books by David Wroblewski.

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