Holy e36m3 was that moving. A tough read but what a masterpiece.
Holy e36m3 was that moving. A tough read but what a masterpiece.
Yeah. Everyone gets some dust in their eyes at that point.
I thought someone was just chopping onions nearby.
The guy went from club racer to Formula 1 Champion? Nope, not buying it. That's the way that a high school sophomore would have ended an English paper on the night before it was due. Very weak.
In reply to Woody:
Alternate endings he considered included becoming a vampire and falling in love with a werewolf or discovering his parents were wizards and running off to wizard school. Those endings seemed like they were for more mature audiences so he went with the one every kid dreams of once they realize that "Fireman" is probably harder than it looks. 
I figure the author went with "club racer to F1" because no one would believe the more real deal. C'mon..."from gokarts to F1, really?" No one would buy into that.
Loved the book, and it's a damn story I mean what else was he going to do? Be an editor at large for a big magazine company?
Great Book, I recommend it to everyone.
Hey it's fiction and written by a dog.
Great read.
Ugh. I thought the ending was the worst part. The first half of the book wasn't bad, I'd even call it good. Then it proceeds to fall into every cliche possible, and in general was just a depressing read for the entire last half.
I felt like it compared best to an after-school special (sappy sappy sappy), or like a Top Gear USA--not particularly good, but since it is about dogs and racing I'll finish it.
Don't sugar coat it... I thought the book was a sappy E36 M3 show too.
LOL @ ABC after school Specials!
In reply to mtn:
Could it just have been the dog's (Enzo, right?) dying wish that he turned into an F1 racer?
I did quite enjoy the book. Just like I enjoy movies like the fifth element. It doesn't have to be real to be fun.
rcutclif wrote: Could it just have been the dog's (Enzo, right?) dying wish that he turned into an F1 racer? I did quite enjoy the book. Just like I enjoy movies like the fifth element. It doesn't have to be real to be fun.
That about sums it up for me. I enjoyed the book and I enjoyed the Fifth Element too 
The f1 ride was necessary as a vehicle to allow Enzo to be reincarnated as a child prodigy race driver (his life long dream). That was the part that moved me.
Not every person will like every book, but if you thought the ending to Racing In The Rain was anything but moving I think you need to check your pulse.
I read it in the air between LAX and IAD. I felt manipulated, though as a racer it came closer to capturing what racing is actually like than any other mainstream depiction.
Liked it as well. I think it can hit home on many levels for some people making it not so enjoyable for some. Lets face it if you are going through a child custody case it may not be a good choice for light reading.
It's fiction, and only partially about racing, so cut it some slack. It's still, I think, the best fiction I've seen that is accurate in its commentary about racing. Written by a former Spec Miata racer, by the way. And actually, many F1 drivers (including World Champions) started out as club racers, at least until the last few years. Examples, Lauda drove Formula Vees, and Mario started in a home-built dirt-track stock car on local bullrings in Pennsylvania. Damon Hill wanted to be the next Barry Sheene and started by hauling a home-prepared road race bike in a van with no help from any sponsors. All those drivers who started in Formula Fords were club racers.
Jay_W wrote: I figure the author went with "club racer to F1" because no one would believe the more real deal. C'mon..."from gokarts to F1, really?" No one would buy into that.
Why not? F1 appliances are just big go-karts (lower case G/K) and not real cars.
Okay, maybe I should have said, "The guy went from adult club racer to Formula 1 Champion? Nope, not buying it."
Hay don't shatter my dreams. I still think I can do that. 
Read it a long time ago. Hit many touchy spots for me. Yeah it was sappy and I would have liked it to have about 200% more racing in it, but I still liked it.
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