Reddit reviews The Dog Fighter: A Novel

The Dog Fighter by Marc Bojanowski

Its about a drifter who ran away from home to settle down in Baja Mexico at a time when development of the area is about to begin. The drifter makes money by fighting dogs that have had their teeth filed down.

What I like about it are the action scenes. The man fights dogs in cage matches before a drunken mexican crowd. The author wades in the grizzly details and uses imagery in a way that makes you want to wipe the blood from the fights off your face. A fun and different read.

What I don't like about it: Author is trying very hard to get me interested in the drifter's love life and romantic relationship with the villain's girl. I just can't see the protagonist being romantic after he was just snapping the legs of dogs in fights.