Where do you even begin to try to explain such a wildly complicated and yet wildly funny book?! I was recommended There is no Dog by my friend who finished reading it and immediately told me I had to try it. I didn't really know what to expect from the title but I nearly choked on my banana when I read the blurb not only because it had to be the funniest thing I had ever read but also because it was the last thing I had expected my friend, a Christian, to pick out of the library!

I discovered that my friend knew me very well because it was just the sort of thing that would have me in absolute hysterics; short and sweet, the first sentence simply stated: 'imagine if God were a lazy, self absorbed, teenage boy with an unfortunate passion for mortal girls'.

Straight away I wanted to read on. I'm very glad I did; the book did have me crying tears of mirth as I expected but it also had a deeper message. I was surprised to find that although it was very sacrilegious it wasn't offensive in any way. Challenging who God really is and what being God really means, the book showed that just because a boy called God was given the role of creating some species for an empty planet because nobody else wanted the job it doesn't necessarily mean he is God; sometimes a creator doesn't care about a creation as much as someone else might. It shows that sometimes in life the bravest thing to do is to admit to yourself that you need to ask for help, that you can't always do it alone, that talking can often resolve problems much better than fighting. It showed that what your looking for in life is often right there in front of you and that often you don't have to look as hard as you might think to find the real love and happiness you always wanted.

It also made me think a lot; it's one of those books (for those of you that like this feeling) that you put down not fully understanding but loving for its complexity regardless. I would really recommend this book as a funny but heavy read. Guaranteed you will split your sides laughing and finish it with a grin but also close it wondering.

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