![]() ![]() Xenofiction: The book is told from the viewpoint of a dog.Those Two Guys: Mike and Tony, Denny's coworkers, share most of their scenes and provide some comic relief.Shout-Out: Enzo is named after Enzo Ferarri, the world-renown sportscar marquee.The epilogue reveals he actually does and even gets to meet Denny again. Reincarnation: A major theme of the book, as Enzo believes if he's prepared enough, he'll come back as a human after he dies.The book has others describe his meteoric rise to success in the face of all the adversity as nothing less than a fairy tale. Rags to Riches: Denny, who goes from penniless divorcee to Formula One champion.Parental Marriage Veto: Eve's parents are not happy that their daughter winds up marrying a rookie racer with more dreams than actual accolades, to the point where after Eve dies they immediately try to get Denny out of Zoey's life by any means possible. ![]() Obnoxious In-Laws: Trish and Maxwell start as this and get worse from there.Unfortunately, because Enzo is also a dog, he's unable to alert Eve and Denny to said threat before it's too late. The Nose Knows: Enzo smells the decay emanating from Eve quite some time before her cancer makes itself known.My God, What Have I Done?: Trish in the film adaptation realizes how toxic shes been and admits the truth to the judge.It has toned down versions for younger audiences. Mature Animal Story: The Art Of Racing In The Rain is from a dog's POV, but it includes dark topics, such as a False Rape Accusation.Likewise, Enzo's hallucination is changed to the stuffed zebra tearing apart its fellow stuffed brethren before it tears itself to pieces. This same treatment is applied to the movie, where Annika is Adapted Out altogether, and this particular plotline is changed to a confrontation between Danny and Maxwell getting physical, resulting in the latter getting pushed into a pillar when he tries to attack Danny, and culminating in Maxwell filing charges for assault and using said incident as a pretense to take custody of Zoey.The YA and kid's versions of the novel cut some of the more mature content from the main book, such as Annika's false rape allegations against Denny and the infamous scene where Enzo imagines Zoey's stuffed zebra sexually assaulting her other toys.Green-Eyed Monster: While there are some warm moments between Enzo and Eve, he resents how much of Denny's attention she takes up and isn't afraid to admit it.However, after learning how miserable he is without Zoey, she drops the (false) charges. When he tries to battle Eve's parents for custody of Zoey, they get Annika to say he raped her. He sternly tells her to stop and drives her home. False Rape Accusation: Annika, one of Eve's teenage cousins, tries to get Denny to fall in love with her by taking off her clothes in his presence.Its implied that they might not even care about Zoey, but just want to keep her away from her dad. Evil Old Folks: Zoey's maternal grandparents, whose ever escalating bids to gain sole custody of Zoey fuel most of the story's conflict.Everyone Has Standards: Annika was willing to use a False Rape Accusation on Denny as revenge for not falling in love with her, but after realizing how Eve's parents were using her to gain custody of Zoey, as well as how miserable he would be without her, she drops the charges.Excited Show Title!: The kid's version: Enzo Races in the Rain!.Easily Forgiven: Denny in the film adaptation lets Trish and Maxwell in Zoeys life again sometime after he wins the custody battle.Earn Your Happy Ending: Denny goes through the emotional wringer over the course of the story, but he ultimately wins his custody battle over Zoey and goes on to a be famous Formula One racer. ![]()
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