I’ll cut right to the chase.  I abandoned this book on page 176, because the dog went missing, presumed dead-as-message to the protagonist.  This book has the honour of being the first book all year that I didn’t finish. I read a lot; I watch a lot of tv.  I do not require a happy ending.  I don’t need the author to coddle me or run an Entourage-style universe where there are no stakes and everything always works out in the end.  However, you’d better […]