{"id":9596,"date":"2023-02-14T14:18:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T18:18:27","slug":"book-review-dogs-by-mike-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-dogs-by-mike-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Dogs by Mike Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dogs <\/span><\/i>by Mike Sullivan<\/span><\/p>\n

Muddy Paws Press, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

ISBN: 9798986056913<\/span><\/p>\n

Available: Paperback, Kindle edition<\/span>\u00a0(\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a> )<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dogs<\/span><\/i> is one of those little novellas that work fine for a quick blast of excitement that requires no thinking.\u00a0 At only 114 pages double-spaced, any reader will be through it in an hour or two.\u00a0 There’s no real character development, no twisting plot, but it does have excitement and a touch of gore, and that’s really all readers are looking for in something this short.\u00a0 For a quick shot of diversionary reading, <\/span>Dogs<\/span><\/i> rolls over and does the trick.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The plot: Tom comes home to visit his parents, who live in a gated community.\u00a0 The family dog goes crazy and tries to attack him, and Tom quickly finds out that all the dogs in the neighborhood have gone canine-crazy and now regard humans as fleshy Milk-Bones.\u00a0 Tom needs to survive and escape.\u00a0 The end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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That’s all there is, and that’s all that’s needed.\u00a0 Again, this is just action.\u00a0 It’s kind of like the old Jean-Claude Van Damme films: you never watch them for anything deep, you just want ass-kicking and excitement.\u00a0 That’s what <\/span>Dogs<\/span><\/i> delivers.\u00a0 There is plenty of bloodshed between the dogs, Tom, and a couple neighbors, and the author writes the attack sequences well enough to keep reader interest up, it’s not just ‘the dog mauled and killed the person’, though. There are some face-offs and tactics in the human vs. dog duels. This isn’t totally brainless: it’s just meant to tear along at a good pace, and it does that just fine.\u00a0 There are plenty of unanswered questions by the end of the book, so don’t expect a wrap-up that explains everything.\u00a0 Obviously, if you love dogs and can’t stand fiction that involves them getting hurt, you may want to skip this (even though they are bad dogs).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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File this one in the category of “fast reads that involve nature biting back”. Alongside other books of that ilk, such as <\/span>Grizzly<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>The Roo<\/span><\/i>, the novella <\/span>Dogs<\/span><\/i> will fit in just fine. \u00a0 Worth it for the quick fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Murray Samuelson<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dogs by Mike Sullivan Muddy Paws Press, 2022 ISBN: 9798986056913 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition\u00a0(\u00a0Amazon.com )   Dogs is one of those little novellas that work fine for a quick blast of excitement that requires no thinking.\u00a0 At only 114 pages double-spaced, any reader will be through it in an hour or two.\u00a0 There’s no real<\/p>\n

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