Is FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK by Elissa Sussman a good book?
Did I find a paperBARK classic?
Today I’m going to talk about the book, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK by Elissa Sussman.
The cover of this book is a bit busy for my taste.
So. Many. Pictures!
Where to look?
At the two hoomans in the bigger picture in the middle?
Meh. Hoomans in books are overrated.
Below that picture, on the right and left, are two pictures that tell me that this book may hold the CORG-key to my heart!
This Double Doggo Delight set my metaphorical tail a’wagging until I dove in and found out that there is only ONE dog in this book.
But a’LASSY…
…one dog is better than no dog.
Starting on page one we meet said dog. A puppy described as “A 10-week old black rescue mutt” who has yet to be named.
Having adopted a rescue puppy myself I was excited.
TRUE STORY - My Smidgey ran away from a puppy mill and was found in the frozen tundra of rural Wisconsin before we took her home. Rescue pups are the best.
The puppy in the book is then described as making a “mess on the floor” for which the man hooman takes “... the puppy’s face in his hands and coos at her. ‘It’s OK, honey,’he says. ‘It’s not your fault. I love you so very much.’”
PUPPY LOVE!
My kind of book!
Unfortunately this unnamed puppy is initially only in the first 10% of the book, though I do have to admit the language describing her made me realize she was definitely a diamond in the RUFF!
At about the halfway point in the book we finally learn the puppy’s name, when she indeed is no longer a puppy.
It’s Teddy, by the way, as in bear.
Given that they described her as having “catcher’s mitt paws” it makes sense. But paws that size? I can BEARly believe it!
FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK had a Did They/ Didn’t They…
…then a Will They/Won’t They…
…story line about the hooman main characters, but reading from a dog’s perspective, the book was a bit underwhelming.
From the cover I thought there would be two dogs in the story.
There weren’t.
Based on the opening of the book I thought the dog would have played a bigger part in the story.
It didn’t.
That said, I very much liked what Doggo parts there were.
So using my handy dandy 5 Tier Doggo Depiction Detection System I give FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK: 3 Paws SIT and Stay OK. (womp-womp)
This book threw me a bone, but I definitely did not dog-ear the pages.
Read the book for yourself, then let me know what you think in the comments!
Next week I will review THIS BOOK JUST ATE MY DOG by Richard Byrne.
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