Writing II: Blog Post 3

I am still reading "The Plague Dogs" and I know that I need to finish it up soon because I usually don’t take this long to read a book. It has really been a busy couple of months for me and I’m getting pretty lazy to boot (currently writing this at 11:22 pm). But the book has gotten very good now, yet I do have one or two persisting issues. Firstly, I am bothered by the thick Scottish accents of various characters and one fox, which make reading very slow and hard. I understand the whole relevance and necessity of adding an accent but sometimes it’s just too hard to read. Also I find that because of this every character with an accent sounds exactly the same in my head, whereas I usually create accents or voices for each character. My other issue is that Rowf, the main dog in the book, seems to have had little to no character development or progress. The book is focused on the other dog, Snitter, but Rowf has had no change. He just seems to stay a big aggressive, dumb dog, kind of like my dog expect without the aggression. But at any rate, the plot of the book has picked up quite a bit, as the dogs are now actually being hunted. There is also an interesting case going on with a reporter, and I have discovered why the title is “The Plague Dogs”. Let’s just say someone discovered something about a deadly disease being used at the Research Facility the dogs escaped from. I also really enjoy the fox that travels with him, despite his annoying accent. He is just too funny, constantly making jokes and swearing and saying “Oi canny lad” and such. He’s just an enjoyable jerk. Along with this, Snitter is a very peculiar character and very interesting. The brain surgery he had while captive really affects his progression as a character. At first I kind of hated his random dialogue and odd gibberish but further into the story it makes a lot of sense, but there will be no spoilers on this because you should read this book. However, if you had to choose between this and “Watership Down”, also by Richard Adams, I would say choose the latter, it is much easier to follow and is more compelling, plus the language is much more inviting. Honestly though, you should check out one of these books.