SPOILERS THE DOG DOES DIE - but still good!

I make no apologies for spoiling dead dog stories, however, The Beginning of Everything wasn't ruined for me.  Unlike My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece this death of a pet didn't seem cheap and sensational and over the top.  Even though it happens in a very violent way here.  This was a good book.  It took me a little while to get into it and the ending was not the way I wanted it to be, yet probably has it needed to be.