Status Updates From The Art of Racing in the Rain

Starting the book, I really enjoyed how the author introduces characters and how the narrator is a dog indirectly. After reading the first few chapters i came to the assumption that this book is a represenation on how desperate people want to "fit in" and, in attempting to, go to extreme lengths. The lesson of the novel might be that at some point, one must focus and embrace oneself instead of being like others.

After the first chapter of the book, I noticed that it seemed like it would be at the end of the book rather than the beginning. The second chapter felt like a true start to the book. I think Garth Stein did this to hook the reader and build suspense throughout the story. This made me even more interested and curious about how the story will get to that point.