supercheesegirl

Full title: Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon. It's a NYT bestseller about a veterinarian. I love how they use "Dr." as part of the author's name, too. The writing isn't fantastic, and each chapter is kind of formulaic--the book is set up as a walk through one long day in Dr. Trout's animal hospital, with each chapter progressing further through the day. Chapter begins, Dr. Trout sees a new patient, and something about this patient or its owner reminds him of something in his past--how he became a vet, or the first time he saw a patient like this--or it gives him the opportunity to digress and tell us about the history of the procedure this animal needs or some statistics about pet owners--in short, each chapter begins with Dr. Trout in the animal hospital, then moves into a flashback or extended monologue, then back to the patient and how Dr. Trout intends to cure it. Rinse and repeat in the next chapter. I found the structure to be a little tiresome, but Dr. Trout is an excellent animal surgeon, not an excellent writer. The real draw of this book is the animal stories. (Also, it has an awesome cover--the expression on that dog's face!.) If you like stories about animals--particularly sick animals who get better--or if you like stories about crazy pet owners or crazy things that happen in an animal hospital, you'd probably like this book. Otherwise, eh.