A review by charity1313
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam

3.0

Another book that was misrepresented in its marketing. The first two chapters were cute, we get attached to Otto and understand her attachment to him, then...all the sudden...he's gone and we've moved on to another dog. It felt abrupt and weird and disappointing. It wasn't a particularly funny book but it did seem honest about the challenges of fostering dogs as part of a rescue. All the bites and poop and pee and puppies and incontinence was cringe-worthy to me. More power to her for finding it in her heart to save these dogs. It certainly solidified to me that I don't have what it takes. Also, it was billed as "the secrets of happiness" but it felt more like a string of anecdotes, not a lot of big picture analysis. A bit, but not enough that it seemed worthy of such a tagline.