The story of Edgar Sawtelle - bookrastinating.com

Hardcover, 566 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2008 by Ecco.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-137422-7
OCLC Number:: 179805747

A tale reminiscent of "Hamlet" that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's death.

1 edition

Alicia reviewed The story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

One of those owie books..

3 stars

Content warning Warning: review talks about the ending

It could have been better. It's a little slow in some parts but I genuinely loved the characters and their dogs and got kind of attached to the world, but that ending. Ugh. I know it's supposed to be like Hamlet but couldn't it have been the same way Lion King was? Definitely got me down for a while, and just felt kind of pointless putting all that time into the book for his story to go nowhere. Screw that friend who suggested it lol

Subjects

Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Fratricide -- Fiction.
Speech disorders -- Fiction.
Wisconsin -- Fiction.
Wisconsin -- Fiction.