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Alice Fine — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:27:17 +0000

I was not drawn to the title or the idea of a story about an octopus. So much for judging a book by its cover…I loved it! A very clever idea as a way to present our human faults.

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Kimm — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 23:41:24 +0000

He was the best part of the book for sure.

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Tamara — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:07:35 +0000

I liked it. It was a great way for the author to let us know about all the character connections. He was also the character that was literally trapped while the other main characters simply felt stuck in their circumstances.

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Lisa — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:58:41 +0000

Loved him!

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Lisa — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:56:07 +0000

I also read this book a year ago but have been recommending it to everyone! Such a beautiful story with characters you just want to keep on reading about! Including the intelligent Marcellus!

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Stacy Asell — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:05:59 +0000

Yes! Thank you for the reminders! Cameron is Tova’s grandson – I love that. I just remembered the four humans hanging out at Tova’s new apartment at the end but couldn’t remember why. The Dead seems right too. Didn’t she find the shirt under the kitchen sink? Such a strange place to keep such a treasured item.

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Anne Goff — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:29:21 +0000

I too wondered how it was all going to be tied together. It took me a long time to begin to predict how the threads went together. Very well written. And Marcellus was an amazing character. I read this for another book group and remember thinking before reading it that an octopus as a main character seemed dumb. I was so wrong.

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Laura DiBacco — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:12:51 +0000

This is like a pop-quiz! I read it a month ago, and I’m finding it hard to remember all the details. Tova’s friend was Ethan, but I can’t remember which band it was. The Grateful Dead maybe? Cameron and Katie. And of course Marcellus who eventually brought them all together. I remember reading each chapter about the different characters wondering how and why they’d all be connected. And then it finally dawned on my that Cameron must be her dead son’s son. Very clever.

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Laura DiBacco — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:04:38 +0000

I wasn’t sure what to expect, but found that I enjoyed his character. I listened to the audio version and the actor has a great voice. I loved the way he brought everyone together.

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Stacy Asell — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 21:22:00 +0000

So I read this book over a year ago and don’t remember some details. What was the name of Tova’s boyfriend? What band was on the tshirt of his that she ruined and went to a lot of trouble replacing? What’s the name of the younger guy who was what I remember as a failure at the beginning of the book? And his surfer girlfriend? How were they all connected at the end? Let’s get a discussion going!