Lily and the octopus book review6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Notwithstanding this digression, I absolutely loved the book and would highly recommend it to any animal lovers. For example, we imagine ourselves in an epic battle with a monster in a magical land, instead of acknowledging the reality of having chemotherapy to battle cancer. I don’t want to include any spoilers here, so suffice to say that I guess the point the author is trying to make with this detour is that sometimes we detach ourselves from the reality of what we are doing to make the task more manageable. There is one part of the story that is somewhat fantastical in nature that I didn’t quite enjoy. ![]() Ted begs, pleads and implores the octopus to leave Lily alone, but the octopus assures him that he is going nowhere. It turns out that he can also communicate with the octopus himself. The story tells of how Ted, Lily’s dad and Steven’s alias, first notices the ‘octopus’ on Lily’s head and the conversation that ensues between him and Lily (with whom he can communicate). It is based on the true story of how Steven’s beloved twelve-year-old Dachshund, Lily, gets a tumour and how he and Lily cope with this. If you are a book lover and an animal lover, I highly recommend it. This book is the 2016 debut novel from newcomer, Steven Rowley, and it is fantastic. Guys, this book! I will admit it: I cry, pretty liberally, in movies, TV shows, and while reading books, but I have NEVER cried like I cried in this book! I’m talking sobbing, like the ugly, red-faced kind. ![]()
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