Would recommend: No

I read Marley & Me before we got our dog, and I just didn't see what the big screaming deal was. I felt like the author already assumed that the reader would like dogs, but since I didn't, I never connected. I didn't feel like there was a true arc to the story, with the exception of a few conflicts like behavior and fertility issues, but these were not central to the story of Marley. Perhaps, if I had read it after we got Ted, I might be more attached, but I'm not going to re-read it just to find out.