Vivian L. (samuraibunny) -
Helpful Score: 1
The book was definitely well-researched, as made obvious by the numerous citations found throughout the book. It was a good read; very informative.
Perhaps a little too informative at times. I was expecting the chapters to focus solely on stories of particular dogs, but it read more like a brochure than a fictional passage.
One gripe that I have (however unreasonable it may be) is the length of everyone's titles and names of the bases. Not even half way through the book, I just started skimming the names and such to get to the relevant information. I understand everyone has to be properly named and titled, but it really disrupts the flow of content.
I do like the short blurbs and bios of a few dogs that make it onto a few specially separated pages from the rest of the narration, those where more of what I was looking for in this book.
All in all, it's a great book to learn more about military working dogs, while at the same time, not being too bored out of your mind with all of the information. Little anecdotes of numerous handler-dog teams are sprinkled generously throughout the book to provide a break from the info.
3.5/5 stars
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Perhaps a little too informative at times. I was expecting the chapters to focus solely on stories of particular dogs, but it read more like a brochure than a fictional passage.
One gripe that I have (however unreasonable it may be) is the length of everyone's titles and names of the bases. Not even half way through the book, I just started skimming the names and such to get to the relevant information. I understand everyone has to be properly named and titled, but it really disrupts the flow of content.
I do like the short blurbs and bios of a few dogs that make it onto a few specially separated pages from the rest of the narration, those where more of what I was looking for in this book.
All in all, it's a great book to learn more about military working dogs, while at the same time, not being too bored out of your mind with all of the information. Little anecdotes of numerous handler-dog teams are sprinkled generously throughout the book to provide a break from the info.
3.5/5 stars
Book provided by Goodreads First Reads.
