This book is insufferable. Or, more accurately, the author is insufferable. Marley seems like an average dog that his self-absorbed owner couldn’t be bothered to properly mind or train.

Not only is John Grogan utterly unaware of the feelings of his four-legged family member, he doesn’t seem to be too connected to his two-legged family members, either. His lack of understanding or sympathy when his wife was obviously suffering post partum depression was horrible – Marley seemed eminently more sensitive and aware.