Dog On It

I am in the middle of a mystery called "Dog On It" by Spencer Quinn.

The best way to describe this book thus far is to call it mystery fluff. Fluff is fine every now and then, but for the people who read it constantly, well they're just filling their mind with crap.

No offense to you fluff readers.

And while I'm here I'll go ahead and define fluff. Mostly fluff is made up of crappy romance novels. A romance novel, according to Wikipedia must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." The romance novels I'm talking about are the ones with the woman who's unhappy, meets a gorgeous and OMG, life is wonderful. Can you tell I hate romance novels?

I'm sorry, I'll get back to the point. Fluff is fine as long as you don't depend on it. Don't pretend that life is actually like the fluff books. Don't fill your mind with fluff because you will ALWAYS be disappointed and probably angry.

"Dog On It" is a cute book, nothing more. It's fun to see the world from a dog's point of view, especially the world of a private detective. But it gets repetitive. We get it. Dogs are hungry, horny and have an extremely short attention span. Tip for all you new writers out there: Dogs are not good main characters. I propose having a book with two main characters, Mr. Quinn. You've got options besides the dog.

Again, I'd suggest that you don't waste your time with this book. If you enjoy mystery books, are a dog lover and are in the mood for a book that makes you feel good (but nothing more) then enjoy!