The Art of Racing in The rain is a beautiful story of a race car driver and his dog told from a dog’s perspective.

Denny Swift is a race car driver who is also working as a customer representative at a car dealer to make ends meet. His dog Enzo loves watching the videos of car races with him. Enzo watches Denny go through it all; Denny getting married, having a child, winning, and losing races. When Denny goes through a turbulent period in life, Enzo tries his best to help him. While doing so, he humorously expresses his exasperation with the downsides of being a dog.

Enzo tries to understand life by relating it to racing. He takes all the lessons learned from watching hours of racing videos and looks at life through the lens of a race car driver. With all the things that he has learned, he prepares himself to pass over his present life and come back as a human in the next. Everything that we read in this book is a retelling of  Enzo’s memory of his life with Denny and his family.

How did it make me feel?

A heart-melting narrative, The Art of Racing in The Rain is truly one of it’s kind. It is a beautiful and captivating story of love and loyalty. If you have lost a pet, recently like I have or otherwise, you are in for an emotional roller coaster. It is so funny that it will leave you laughing out loud. It’s so touching in the moments, it will leave you teary-eyed, even sobbing. I felt like I have come to know my pet better because of this book. If you have a pet or ever owned one, this is a must-read.

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Have you read it? What other books would you recommend for an animal/dog lover?