Marley (a dog like no other) by John Grogan

Marley (a dog like no ther) by John Grogan

Publisher: Harper Collins

Release Date: May 1, 2007

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis:

"Meet Marley,

a yellow furball of a puppy who quickly grows into a large, rowdy Labrador retriever. With an appetite for nerarly anything he can get his mouth around, including couches and fine jewlry, Marley is always getting into trouble. Whether he is stealing underwear, crashing through screen doors, or flinging drool on guests, some may say he's the world's worst dog. But those who know and love Marley accept him as a dog like no other. Despite his mischievous ways, his heart is pure and his larger-than-life personality irresistible With unconditional love and loyalty, he brings joy to his family, the Grogans, and teaches them what really matters in life."

To start off, this book is an adaptation of Marley & Me. Now I haven't read that book but I have seen the movie so I am guessing that the book is extremly similar to this. Anyways, this is sort of like a Non-Fiction book but it does go under Fiction.

Marley (a dog like no other) is about the author and his life with his dog named Marley. In the story though he changes some characters names and stuff but almost everything in the book is based off of real life from John Grogan. I knew going into it that it was aimed towards younger kids but I have to say that some things in the book I wouldn't really recommend a elementary grade kid to read.

Marley is a well-written story about a family and their dog Marley. Throughout the book you see the rough side of Marley and the soft little sweet side. (He was always a nice dog but had a different way of showing it) John and his wife Jenny wanted a dog and Marley was the one that they ended up with. They had no idea what they were getting themselves into. Marley was always running around, tearing up furniture, and eating anything and everything. (literally) The one thing that Marley hated was thunderstorms and lightining. That was when he got the craziest!

The whole story was about the family and the dog and everything that happened while they had him. The end of the book (around the last 3-4 chapters) were really sad. (I have to admit I cried a little)

If you have read the book (either Marley & Me or this one) or see the movie I think you might've cried just a little also. I don't really want to say what happens but I think that you can kind of figure it out yourselves!

In the end I really enjoyed this book and it only took me a few hours to read, so if you want something short and sweet I think this book will do! I know that the review if a little short but the whole book like I said is about the life of Marley and everything crazy that happend throughout it!