Kirsten Bakis - Lives of the Monster Dogs: A Novell

Pros: Great idea, quirky fairy tale setting
Cons: Clumsy handling of dull plot, boring characters

I couldn't wait to get my paws on this book. When "Lives of the Monster Dogs" by Kirsten Bakis first appeared, the literary world buzzed about this story of scientifically-altered canines living like humans in the first half of the 21st...

Pros: Interesting idea.
Cons: No follow through on the plot concepts.

Lives of the Monster Dogs seemed to have alot of promise.
The cover of the book looked interestingly weird, the back cover made it read like a philosphical search into humanity.

The problem is, the book doesn't really go heavily...

Pros: Very well written, unique tale
Cons: I just wish it were longer!

When my mother first handed me this book I thought, "What the He!! is this?", I had never seen a title or concept so strange. So, this book sat on a shelf in my house for a while. But then one day when I nothing else to read I decided to give...

Pros: Magical, mysterious, bizarre
Cons: Confusing plot

Lives of the Monster Dogs can only be described as a wonderful and magical book, with sensual characters, and an inventive plot.

For a first novel, Kirsten Bakis has given us a world occupied by a strange race of dog-man creatures,...

Pros: Its about dogs
Cons: or is it?

I had wanted to read this when the book was published, but didn't get to it. But I finally have. I'm not sure what had intrigued me about this book so much, perhaps the striking cover art and wild story line. I'm glad to say that reading it met all of my...