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This is the kind of book that I would love to like it more, but just can't. It involves everything that I like: dogs, bittersweet drama, LA setting, and dry sense of humor. But somehow, for me, this book didn't deliver - maybe because of the way it was written.
I mean, the idea is pretty captivating - Lily (the dog) means the world to her owner, a lonely guy who lives in LA. But one day, there's a tumor on her head. Somehow the guy doesn't want to call the tumor as it is, but keep on referring i ...more
I mean, the idea is pretty captivating - Lily (the dog) means the world to her owner, a lonely guy who lives in LA. But one day, there's a tumor on her head. Somehow the guy doesn't want to call the tumor as it is, but keep on referring i ...more
Have a box of tissues handy...but that said, I LOVED THIS BOOK!
Get your kleenex, but also be prepared to laugh! This book will pull at your heartstrings, especially for people who have had or have a fur-baby. The novel deals with life, death, letting go, and the emotions we experience as humans.
This is a poignant story about a lonely gay man and his beloved dog. Highly recommend as an audio book.
3.5 stars. They don't tell you what this book is about because they think if you knew it's about a dog that dies, you won't read it. So let me just get this out of the way right now. And it's not really a spoiler. It's in the first few pages that Lily the Dachshund's tumor - the octopus - appears. And the book is sad, of course. I have a senior dog with whom I think I may have one year left. But it's not just sad. It's also funny and witty and sweet.
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A little difficult to figure out what the author is really trying to say when his small dog suddenly appears to have an octopus on her head, but eventually it all becomes clear. Not all dog owners would regard their dog as the main protagonist in this book does. As far as communing with dogs The Art of Racing in the Rain or any of Susan Wilson's dog novels are much better.
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