Channing Tatum

I see this as a character study movie. Well done. You have to stay with it for awhile—no quick fixes for the characters. The main (human) character is flawed and continues to exemplify flaws through at least the first hour of the movie, so much so that my family did not continue watching with me. The movie shares depth little by little, and [spoiler] things do improve at the end, in a more realistic, baby steps way.
— Rebecca

I hear Channing Tatum in my head when I read this book. That’s a good thing. When there are the points of Dad talking it sounds like you’re used to hearing him sound in movies. That makes this book that much more charming. It’s about being who you are no matter what anybody else says. The illustrations are lively. They go with the book. My main complaint is it is long. This could have been shortened to tell the same story. It’s long and wordy, but it’s well written, and I think my show more niece would love it. show less

This book matches the first book. The illustrations are great, and the story is too long and too wordy. However, when reading this book, I don’t hear or feel Channing Tatum, the author. It feels like it was put out by a habitual children’s writer that writes lesson story after lesson story for school publication. That’s not a bad thing, but it’s also not unique. And does make this stand out as just another celebrity picture book.

With a dog named Lulu by his side, Army Ranger Briggs races down the Pacific Coast to make it to a soldier's funeral on time. Along the way, Briggs and Lulu drive each other completely crazy, break a handful of laws, narrowly evade death, and learn to let down their guards to have a fighting chance of finding happiness.