In a world where stars are actually sentient creatures with godlike powers, Sirius is framed for murdering a dwarf star, and banished to Earth to search for a vital piece of evidence - and, in the process, forced to be reborn as a mortal. After he saves one of them from her wrath, however, they become some of his best allies.
Heroic Canines, Villainous Felines: The cats in Sirius' new home are at first jealous and try to set the Evil Matriarch against him.Hellhound: The Cŵn Annwn, spectral hounds from Welsh Mythology, appear and play a role in the plot.
Forced Transformation: Sirius is forced to take the form of a dog, with a dog's normal lifespan and other vulnerabilites, and has to find the MacGuffin before he dies of old age or something else kills him.Evil Matriarch: Duffy, Kathleen's evil step aunt who works her like a dog, verbally abuses her, and threatens to kill her dog on a regular basis.Several of the puppies survive, and Sirius meets some of his siblings again in later life, as well as eventually learning who - and what - their father was. He later learns that the villain of the story persuaded their owner to this course, in the hope of cutting his mission on Earth short before it had properly begun.
Drowning Unwanted Pets: Puppy Sirius and his littermates are thrown into a river shortly after they're born, because an unknown dog got in with their pedigree mother, making them worthless mongrels from a breeding perspective.Bittersweet Ending: Sirius achieves his goals and he finds a better home for Kathleen, but the two are separated, possibly forever.Amplified Animal Aptitude: Sirius can understand a lot more english than most animals.The guiding spirit of the star Sirius is framed for a murder and sentenced to reincarnation on Earth in the form of a dog, unless he can come up with the murder weapon (which also happens to be a very powerful MacGuffin). Dogsbody is a novel by Diana Wynne Jones.
0 kommentar(er)
