Sadly, this might be my least favorite Dog Man in the series.
The Good:
- Dog Man often has great “life lessons.” There is a nice bit in here about how Petey struggled to be accepted in society after his first prison sentence and how he couldn’t get a job, housing, etc. While most readers might not totally get the reflection of real life, it could be a good talking point.
- The theme of everlasting love was nice.
The Bad:
- So much (really gross) potty humor. Pilkey is somewhat known for this and the potty humor was why some people really hated Captain Underpants. I always liked the Dog Man series better than Captain Underpants because it was still all the funniness without so much grossness but this had soooo much toilet humor. They make up diarrhea songs, characters pee themselves, etc.
- Most of the other books in the series have something to do with the literature it is parodying. Maybe I missed it (it has been a long time since I read Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë ) but I didn’t really see any of that incorporated into this book.
But regardless of all that, my students will still devour the book and that’s all that really counts I guess.