BOOK TITLE: Throw the Damn Ball: Classic Poetry by Dogs
AUTHORS: R.D. Rosen, Harry Prichett, and Rob Battles
YEAR: 2013
GENRE: Poetry
SUBGENRE: Animal Parodies
GRADE: Fail
Any attempt to make puppy-duppies look cute and cuddly will
not go unnoticed from an animal lover like me. Having said that, these poems,
which are from the point of view of dogs, feel like they’re trying too hard in
that respect. They’re parodies of classic poetry, but the classics didn’t age
well enough to translate into cute nor funny take-offs. Most of the humor comes
from the dogs acting like spoiled divas and saying cruel things to their
owners. Even more of the humor is of the toilet variety. Poop, pee, drool,
raunchy sex, you name it, it has a poor joke somewhere in this book. A small
minority of the poetry is funny when it’s talking about chasing things or being
cuddly, but most of the time, it’s either childish toilet humor or dogs being
jerks to their owners. I wanted to smile at some of these poems. I wanted to
laugh my head off. But I just couldn’t. At least the dog pictures are cute, but
that’s pretty much the only redeeming quality this book has to offer. I would
have given a more extensive review than just one paragraph, but there’s really
not much here to analyze. I know it was written just for fun, but I’m not
having fun with them. I’m bored to tears and I’m cringing into a tight ball. A
failing grade goes to this poor outing.
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