| The Story of Edgar Sawtelle | 
 enlarge | Author: David Wroblewski
Publisher: Bond Street Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 33
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0385664788
EAN: 9780385664783
ASIN: 0385664788
Publication Date: June 10, 2008
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 Don't expect a warm, fuzzy book about dogs. November 22, 2008
I bought this book after reading rave reviews about how great it was and how people loved the wonderful Sawtelle dogs. I am a dog lover and owner, and thought this would be an interesting story about dogs, and a boy who grew up with them using his own "mute" language. The book was well written, but it was VERY DEPRESSING and extremely unsatisfying in the end. No one mentioned that this was a depressing book!! So this is just a warning to those dog lovers who are interested in a happy read about dogs - this is probably not what you're looking for!
Ho Hum November 19, 2008
Edgar Sawtelle's saga, despite many beautifully written and superb descriptive prose I found this story disjointed and at times redundant and repetitious. The end kind of left me hanging and disappointed.I like a book that ends, this book stops....Bruce, University of Longford Mills ........................... "O"verated
 Borrow don't buy it! October 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book to take with me on a holiday and was so looking forward to a "good read".
I found it long, boring, detached and parts of it made absolutely no sense at all to me. I finished it in the hope that it would pick up at the end, but the ending was the worst part. I couldn't wait to get it over with..
I am surprised to see that there are some good reviews! Guess this proves that everyone is different!
 Beautiful writing but overdone. October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a beautifully written book, but about half way through I struggled to continue. Sections of the book are overwritten and because of this became tedious and eventually boring.Large portions of this novel got lost in elaborate and lenthy descriptions regarding the characters relationship with the dogs and as a reader I wanted the author to just move along with the story. I had a difficult time finishing and do not feel this is a novel that would have had mass appeal without Oprah's endorsement.
 Outstanding September 23, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
From the moment I read the Publisher's Weekly starred review in June on The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel by David Wroblewski, I knew I had to read the book. It did take some time, but it was worth every moment. (I'll admit that I read some non-fiction in between--if for no other reason than to make the novel last longer!)
If you love animals--especially dogs--and believe in their power of communication and their ability to love, this book is a must read. I was entranced from the start, as The Sawtelle's raise a fictional breed of dog, known to be exceptional at understanding humans.
The hero, Edgar,a mute, bonds with his favorite dog, Almondine. How they communicated with such intensity and depth was deeply moving.
The novel is a thriller and does not disappoint.
While the novel deeply explores the communication between dog and human, it is also a book about humans' nature--bad and good.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle will, no doubt,take an exalted place next to other great literature.
Congratulations, David Wroblewski!
Author of the award winning book, HARMONIOUS ENVIRONMENT
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