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Ｒｅｖｉｅｗ 4.25★★★★��:��
"A Dog's Purpose" is a heartfelt debut novel, following Toby-Buddy in discovering his confusing and unique ability to have many lives.
"Toby" was born as a stray dog, learning to fear humans in every way. When he was brought into shelter, his mother abandoned him and his only purpose was�� to play with the females.
He was brought to the world again as a golden retriever and, haunted by his past, leaves his mother. Adopted by a family, learning to co-exist with humans and named Bailey, he loved Ethan dearly.
When he died, he was shocked to leave Ethan and realized "he" was a female dog! He/She soon realized his/her new purpose was to be police dog and save thousands of lives. When He/She was injured at work, he was re-born again. Through gruesome days and unloving owners, he finds himself back to Ethan and was named "Buddy".
I was highly impressed of this debut novel and Bruce is a true dog lover! I might read other of his books and recommended!
Rating: Now that I think of it, why did I rate the 2nd book 5 stars??

Ｍｏｖｉ�� ｒｅｖｉｅｗ: 3.75 stars��
I sat at my computer desk with a cup of hot chocolate with a box of tissues and a bin for all my torn heartstrings.
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I could tell that the Singporean movie director's & script writers had shortened & re-written it to fit movie standards/make it light hearted but that doesn't make it any less sad when they added tragic scences.
"Toby"'s first life was short and meaningless so there was only some random puppies playing in the yard, and I wish they added more scenes with SPIKE in.
"Bailey"'s life was�� too unrealistic. I would call the cops if someone broke my truck window just to take a dog.
Ah yes, now the time where Toby-Buddy is a treasured pet. The scenes were light hearted and sometimes humorous. When he accidentally brings a couple together, he finds himself living with his soulmate. Things get dark (in a humorous way), sad and lonely when the children grow old and his soulmate dies. He soon dies out of loneliness and heartbreak. At that scene, my heart almost broke too ;-; .
Then he was re-born, and because of habit, looked at his tail and found out "he" was female. He/She had a serious purpose and job and his/her death was tragic and serious as his/her life.
Now the "Buddy" part: this one was the most tragic but also heartwarming one. Buddy lived in a yard, chained, poorly fed or cared about. When the wife tells the husband to put him to shelter, he simply drives Buddy and leaves him in the middle of nowhere. He decides to start a new life with new owners. (view spoiler)[Ethan, now in his 40s, gives Buddy some food, hoping he would go away then�� JUST THROWS HIM IN SOME RANDOM SHELTER. Even when Buddy pounds at the fence frantically, he doesn't even bother to look back. Later that night, he misses the stray who would wait for him every morning and just comes and takes him whenever he wants. That position and reaction of Buddy kept me thinking : "Those cruel humans�� Stay with me I will give you food :D". When Buddy manipulativey makes his ex go to his house, I just loved the embarrassingly entertain of his look and how Buddy banged on the door so hard it almost broke. (hide spoiler)]
In conclusion, the actors, directors, and author made this movie a very special, realistic example of dog's loyalty. I won't be forgetting this soon <3

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I've fiund the movie on Netflix, I watched the first 5mins and I decided I didn't like it because of the narrator lmao

@Creeper Same thing for me. But the first time I stopped watching was because of the violence in some scenes. The second time I thought it was a waste of money to hire an old man for the narrator, luckily I got used to it.