This book is bittersweet in the best way! My heart wanted to fly out of my chest. So many times I wanted to put the book down and immediately call a loved one, A) just to tell them I love them, and B) to tell them that I see them in this book. It's such a human book, full of grief and friendship, misunderstandings and happenstance. Definitely the lowest and the highest feelings: Our time is finite, but it's never too late to take a chance/start anew/find yourself/trust in love in all its forms...

My only quibble is that this book didn't have enough octopus XD XD XD. Marcellus is suuuuuch a great character!!! I easily would have read a billion more examples of his snarky antics.

I hope this book gets made into a movie one day soon, it's MADE for it! Exquisite!