This is a quirky one and not for the reader who likes things straight forward. Which, I realized is ‘kinda’ me? I spent most of the book annoyed at the slight immaturity of Ted and how it seemed like things were happening to him rather than Lily. Yet – I balance it with, who am I to judge how people deal with grief. 

When we found out about the 5th, largest yet, tumor on our dog Billie my husband replied, ‘we just bought all that food.’ I was appalled. I realize now that was how he was dealing with the shock. I cry and can barely form words and he panics about things he has to do to not think about the pain of losing her. Doesn’t mean we both don’t love her any less. Billie is still here, thankfully and I dont think I could read this book if she wasn’t here. 
      This was still heart wrenching story of a person losing their dog. Maybe all stories would cause me to have such a reaction and I dont read enough ‘losing your dog’ books… but wow, I had quite the reaction. I was crying, uncontrollably. I remembered the animal hospital. I was transported back to the free coffee. The smells of the rooms. Hearing people walk by the doors, hoping they wouldn’t stop by my door. It took me back. 

Overall though, this wasn’t my favorite book. It was ‘too’ quirky for me. I didn’t understand any of the book where they were on a boat. I didn’t get the whole point of Octopus, although when Ted finally said ‘tumor’ instead, I broke down in tears. So the flip did work… if that was the plan. The octopus talking annoyed me, simply because I thought it was stupid. So yeah – left with I didn’t like the delivery, but the waterworks flowed so that has to mean something.