Getting Lucky is a very good, emotional book. Each chapter is about an animal at Angel’s Gate Animal Hospice that has something wrong with it: either a sickness, condition, or they were abused or betray by their owners. Some of these animals cannot be adopted because of their problems. There are about 20 animals in Angle’s Gate that are in the book: Elmo, Tom-Tom, Mackenzie, Samson, Josie, Humphrey, Juliet, Mystery, and of course, Lucky a Great Dane mix that was abused by his owner and given a second chance at life at Angle’s Gate. The main characters in this book are Lucky, Susan and Vic, the owners of Angle’s Gate, located in Long Island suburbia. Problems occur often at Angle’s Gate: the animal have to be taken care of and given therapy that sometimes does not work, and sometimes they sadly pass on. Whenever that happens, Susan feels like there was more that she could have or should have done even though there may not have been.
I absolutely loved this book! It really made me realize how many cruel people there are in this world. I really recommend this book to anyone, especially if they are animal lovers like me. This book is funny, happy, and sad at times. Susan is talking from her point of view, telling the readers what has happened to her in the past. She talks about funny things the animals did and sad and happy events that happened. I think anybody should read this book; it will really teach people that humans are not the only beings with feelings, animals have feelings too!
Reviewed by: ChickenNoodleSoup
