Marley and Me discussion

is this book as sad as the movie?

I didn't think either one was sad. Yes, there were sad moments in it, but overall it was about the joy a pet - even if it is the world's densest dog - can bring to our lives.

agreed, although it was a little sad.

I would not see the movie after reading the book. It was VERY SAD. Unfortunately, life is sad also, it just depicts the way it is.

Yes I agree, and the movie was very good.

Super sad, I started crying in class but it was just a few tears. Couldn't have a waterfall starting in the middle of history or else my teacher would start to rant. :>

It was heart wrenching to see the life of a beloved family pet end; however, this dog lived a wonderful life full of love and happiness, and knowing that makes me happy.

Ryver wrote: "is this book as sad as the movie?"

I thought it was really sad, I bawled in the book WAY more!

I think the movie is good, but I liked the book more, maybe because I read the book first. The book is both sad, and funny. What I think is so good about it is how well it expresses the relationship between a dog and his family. I have had dogs which I have had to have put down because they had got so sick there was nothing else left to do and it is always sad to see them go, but even the difficult one had given me much which stays with me years after its gone. That is what the book captures, the good, the bad and the sad of a life.

I haven't seen the Movie--just read the book. I almost always find that the book tends to add so much more than the movie does.

I saw the movie first, I cried. I just finished reading the book last night and I still cried. I find it really sad because we've lost pets that we loved too :(

I read the book 4 times and I saw the movie 4 times. I gained all the facts by reading the book so when the movie came out it put the words into pictures. The movie made me weepy.

A story such as this cannot help but be bittersweet.

As many here no doubt have experienced themselves, the love and subsequent loss of a beloved pet, (in our case our Weimaraner, "Smoky"), will no doubt change one's life on a variety of levels. Despite the pain of loss, our lives are deeply enriched by the experience.