Travels with Casey has been sitting on my to be read pile for months now, which is particularly embarrassing as it's a library book, as the vast majority of books I read are. It just kept renewing and I just kept finding other books to pick up. I got it originally because I like a good dog tail, but it just wasn't calling to me. Last night I decided I'd better get to work on it and get it back to the library. I didn't get far before sleep last night, but I have spent a good amount of time on it today in between going for a run, spending some quality time in the kitchen preparing food and a little general housework. I made it about half way through.
Travels with Casey is a non-fiction account of his and his human's journey around the US in an RV. The subtitle is "My Journey Through Our Dog-Crazy Country." Benoit and Casey visit many dog owners and other folks and places who are dog related (the oldest dog park in Manhattan, PETA).
Ultimately, this book just didn't click for me. It wasn't bad per say, but I didn't get a strong feel for Casey and I felt like the narrative flow didn't so much flow as jump from thing to thing. Out of nowhere, seemingly, we were getting tweets from a dog related twitter account. There was an attempt at transitioning, but it, like many other times, felt a little forced to me. It seemed to me that Benoit just tried to take on too much with this book: his physical journey, his emotional journey, various sometimes very loosely related dog anecdotes. It just ended up feeling kind of cluttered.
I wouldn't discourage you from reading Travels with Casey. It is probably a good fit for some and I certainly didn't hate it, I just am not into enough to keep going when there are other books calling for my attention.
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