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| The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: David Wroblewski
Publisher: Ecco
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  863 reviews
Sales Rank: 1504
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.5 x 2
ISBN: 0061374229
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061374227
ASIN: 0061374229
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Enjoyable and thought-provoking, if not a bit drawn out January 9, 2009
I was disappointed when I put down this book after reading the last page. In fact, I spent a few minutes bewildered that it was over and looking for things I must have missed in the last few chapters. I will agree with another rewiewer who stated that this book sometimes leads the reader along pointless sub-plots. You wonder where you are going as you're reading through certain chapters, and I felt that the end of the book left you at a cross-roads wondering where to go after reading some of the unanswered mini-stories. When I read a book that continually veers off track, I can't help but wonder if the author just wanted to make a long story longer. I take a star off my review because I think sometimes this novel contains that unnecessary delay.
Having said that, I put this book down a few days ago and I find my imagination still re-visiting the world of Edgar Sawtelle. I loved Edgar Sawtelle; I loved his challenges, his triumphs, his reactions and his actions. I am surprised at where this book has taken me, and I will admit that I don't typically enjoy reading a novel this large for an ending like the one it offers, but it was well-worth the time and emotions. In other words, I enjoyed the ride, but the destination did not live up to my expectations.
 BLAH BLAH Threw against the wall!!!! January 9, 2009
This book is sooooo boring and I tried my best to stay with it but it jumps around and then you are left thinking OK SO TALK ALREADY!!!! I got to about 1/2 of the book or a little more and was very mad I had spent money to numb my mind!!!!! Was not the page turner I expected.
 Too too sad January 8, 2009
I could not put this book down. It had me in its grasp. Then, I came to the ending - an ending that had me absolutely and totally depressed and, yes, even a bit angry at the author. I wanted to throw the book across the room!
Wroblenski is a gifted author and he draws the reader in...he makes us care about these people and dogs and then WHAM! he hits us over the head.
I was so disappointed by the ending that, as much as I enjoyed reading this novel, I am not eager to recommend it to anyone. I can't imagine putting my friends through the type of torture this ending causes.
Hamlet for Dogs? January 8, 2009
I really enjoyed reading this book UNTIL my husband, who also read it, pointed out to me all the similarites this book had to Hamlet. Even fact, a woman on our airplane, w/o prompting, offered up the same info. That said, I did enjoy the book. I love dogs. I just feel snookered.
Mixed Bag January 8, 2009
This is an interesting and unusual story. Also, I am a native of the Wisconsin area in which the story unfolds and it is clear that Wroblewski is familiar with it. But although the story is interesting and suspenseful it is sometimes overwritten. And readers who are not interested in the breeding, raising, and training of dogs may well find those passages too frequent and too long.
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