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Product Description
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #352857 in Books
- Published on: 2008-07-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
“Man’s best friend”—but what if Rover suddenly attacks and kills the child who owns and loves him? What if the same happens to other kids—and adults—down the street and all across town? Kress’ taut thriller cuts to the core of the man-dog bond to unsettle, unnerve, and unravel readers’ trust. A canine virus sweeps through a rural town in which widowed Tessa, once an FBI agent, lives with her poodle. Repeatedly passed over for promotion because her husband was Arab, Tessa has turned her back on agency business; but now she’s a subject of interest in quarantined Tyler (a federal disaster area, no less), where some have surrendered their dogs to the local animal-control people while others have freed theirs to roam wildly, form packs, and kill. Just why is Tessa’s name turning up in telecommunications monitored by the feds? After Tessa goes undercover to find out, the suspense ratchets up in this perfect vacation read. --Whitney Scott
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"The suspense ratchets up in this perfect vacation read." —Booklist
"An appealing mix of horror, thriller, allegory, and satire. . . . an appealing mix of horror, thriller, allegory, and satire . . . biting satire." —Locus
"The best scenes . . . have a straight-ahead disaster-novel feel to them, full of suspense and creepy details." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Kress's engrossing thriller shows a range of reactions from the community. Her bio notes she lives with 'the world's most spoiled toy poodle' and that kind of attachment is evident in the strong feelings of her characters." —Denver Post
"Kress has a flair for punchy melodrama." —The Washington Post
"In my opinion, Nancy Kress is one of the best science fiction authors of today." —blogcritics.com
About the Author
Customer Reviews
Not Nancy's Best
Dogs is well written--it kept me turning the pages--but the plot is so twisty I had no idea who did what and why at the end of the book. There are lots of ambiguous clues that are not tied up at the end. Perhaps I missed something, but I'm not willing to wade through the book again to find that one definitive point.
Even so, I'm still one of Nancy's biggest fans.
BIG Dissapointment
As a fan of Nancy Kress who has enjoyed her previous works I was very dissapointed with this book which I did not finish because it was boring, stilted and pointless.
A disappointment from Nancy Kress
I was very disappointed by this book. I found it at the library, and was excited to see the newest from Kress. I've read most of her previous books and looked forward to getting into this one. However, it turned out to be cliched, with thinly written characters and a predictable plot. I expected far better from Kress. I hope that she will return to her usual style (e.g., the fascinating conceptual and literary qualities in the Probability Moon series), and avoid this screenplay, mainstream style in future. I'll still pick up her next book, but I'll scrutinize it more carefully before I get excited!
