This novel reminds us how to love fiercely, how difficult it can be to let go and how the fight for those we love is the greatest fight of all. I received this title courtesy of Netgalley and the publisher. Lily and the Octopus is a novel about finding that special someone to share your life with.For Ted Flask, that someone is Lily, and she happens to be a dog.
I really loved large sections of this book! As a whole, I enjoyed it but struggled at times to maintain the detachment necessary to value it as a work of magical fiction. I think many of us with dogs are guilty of humanizing them, so this simply doesn't seem so farfetched. When the novel begins, Ted suddenly notices one night that Lily has a tumor on her headsomething he will come to call the octopus because he looks at the tumor as though it. I read Lily and the Octopus, a novel about a man caring for his 12-year-old dachshund as she succumbs to a brain tumor, shortly after I put down my 12-year-old golden Stella. When the narrative is focused on past and present "real" events, I found it compelling and often forgot that this is a work of fiction, despite the talking dog. Lily and the Octopus is a novel by Steven Rowley in which forty-two-year-old Ted Flask must face the heartbreaking decision to put his beloved dog, Lily, to sleep. Each time I bring a new dog home, I know the price I’ll pay later is outliving them. If you enjoyed the story of Pi and the tiger you would likely enjoy this as well though. What follows is a dream-like series of events reminiscent of Life of Pi, and I really lost interest at this point, finding it tedious and too far outside of reality for me personally. Unfortunately Lily is 12 and an Octopus is taking over her head. The first third of Lily and the Octopus details this relationship, and it's quirky, funny, and touching. Ted talks to Lily, and in her own way, Lily talks back. They also have movie night and pizza night and play Monopoly together. On Thursdays, Ted and his dog, Lily, talk about boys they think are cute.
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