I received a copy of the book "Ubac and Me" from NetGalley. This book was written in French about two years ago and translated to English. Cerdric Sapin- jDefour writes of his beloved Burmese Mountain dog he named "Ubac" he adopted him as a puppy and writes lovingly about the dog who was in his life for the next 11 years. It takes a long time in the book before he actually starts writing about his life with Ubac. He mostly writes what he had learned from this beautiful dog. Like slow down pay more attention and enjoy the day. Don't be in such a rush. I liked reading about Ubac when the author wrote about the dog's personality and what it meant to have him for his dog. He writes about how hard it was and the grief he felt over the loss of his wonderful dog. I wish I could like this book more. the parts about Ubac was fine but boring and meandering in other parts of the book. okay for the most part.

I was invested in getting to know Ubac and enjoyed the story of Ubac and the family. It was a beautifully done storyline and was moved by the memoir element of this. I appreciated Cédric Sapin-Defour sharing this story and was glad I read this.

The book was a very cute story. I really liked reading some of the adventures.

However I think the translating needed some work, so sorry!


Thank you to NetGalley & Simon & Schuster for the ARC!