Book 13 Apr 2009 08:24 am
The Dust of 100 Dogs
One of the Kids’ Next List from Indie List.
TOTALLY deserves that accolade. This was an awesome Book. Head over to the author’s website for the book and familiarize yourself.
There is a trailer here at YouTube
Some fun reviews at Good Reads, Flux Now, and some great points at Becky’s Book Review’s.
I want to focus on Becky’s for a second. From her review,
But the animal abuse introduced into the book by the presence of Fred in addition to the foul and abusive language (a bit stronger than I personally like) make these passages unpleasant….for me.
I am RIGHT there with her on the animal abuse. The character Fred and what he did to Rusty was… hard for me to get through. He was obviously unstable, and I didn’t mind the language or his comments about his “aide” but his treatment of Rusty was heinous. Now, I am following A.S. King on Twitter and she assured me (as the author she can do these types of assurances) that Rusty gets love at the end.
Honestly, that is why I was able to finish. So if you are worried about Rusty like I was (and no this doesn’t spoil the book for you), rest assured, he is OKAY.
That all said, yeah, go read it. It’s awesome. A bit different from what you might be used to, but still, AWESOME.
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on 15 Apr 2009 at 10:11 am 1.A.S. King said …
I am so so pleased that you ended up enjoying the book. Thanks so much for saying so here. (I’m glad my tweets helped!) You may want to check out an interview that’s up today at YA edge–where we talk a bit about the book–including subjects you cover here. http://yaedgebookclub.blogspot.com/2009/04/interview-with-as-king-author-of-dust.html
Again–thank you so much for spreading the word! I appreciate your support.
Amy
on 15 Apr 2009 at 11:07 am 2.gracefulshrimp said …
I went over there and commented. Those were some EXCELLENT questions!!!
on 15 Apr 2009 at 11:44 am 3.A.S. King said …
Thank you!
The whole issue made me think quite a bit. I mean–they say we see over 200,000 scenes of violence on TV before we turn 18. Imagine watching (YUCK) the same amount of violence against animals. We would not allow it. It would seem sick and vile, right?
Anyway–this is the awesome thing about reader feedback like yours or Becky’s. It creates DISCUSSION, and THOUGHT. And OH BOY that’s why I’m a writer.
Thanks again!