Mariana 30/04/2022
Someone's life and dog.
John Grogan, which is the narrator, possesses two points of view. And I could see those two perspectives from John Grogan. The book is told using the past, in which the narrator describes his own self in the past along with the story. And, frequently presents a perspective that would come in the future.
John tells the story of his dog's life, Marley, along his own life. Marley was adopted in the first years of John's marriage, and throughout their lives Marley was there on every step the couple took into the future.
What made me get really into this book was its plain language. While most books which are "crying material" tend to over-dramatize, Marley & Me, though not completely straight, exposes events with a certain serenity. Which, by the way, I considered it to be proof of the story's quality. Of all the books that I've read, the ones which touched me were usually the same ones that elaborated a whole emotional picture.
Even though the book doesn't overdo it, it made me laugh out loud several times, it got me to cry, it got me wanting a dog, it got me to feel the characters and to picture the full life of someone else.