eliotts_library 's review for:

Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

3.0

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Actual rating: 2.5 stars.
I really liked this book in the beginning, but by the end I just couldn't wait to be finished with it.

Spoiler

I didn't know that this was going to be a book about a dog with cancer. If I had known from the beginning, I wouldn't have even considered reading it. But by the time I figured it out, I was already in love with the writing style and the main character, and with what seemed like it would be a sweet story about a man and his dog going on adventures together. Even when I found out about the tumor, I still kept reading. I knew it would break my heart but I thought it would be worth it. And it was worth it, until they set sail on Fishful Thinking and the whole story went to shit. Before I realized it was dream, I thought that whole ordeal was stupid. It didn't make any sense, and the fight scene with the octopus was absolutely ridiculous. In all honesty, I didn't think it was a dream, I just thought Ted had finally gone off his rocker and was hallucinating. Because of this part of the book, I was so done with it. Even when Lily died, I just couldn't wait to get it done. I did tear up a little bit, but not nearly as much as I thought I would. The part with the boat completely ruined the whole book for me. I also found that the quality of writing drastically decreased from that point onwards.

Overall, I definitely wouldn't recommend this to anyone