![]() ![]() However, because of his arthritis, he’s had a hard time jumping on the table, beds, and in the litter box the last couple of weeks, so I put the book on the floor for him to lay on. Normally, he would be parking himself on the book while I read on the bed. On a side note, Stan Lee liked it and decided to park himself on the book. I guess I started to identify with Lyle more, as he sort of reminded me of myself- the dislike of classic literature (Lyle called Hemingway’s books snobby and pretentious), getting annoyed by people, and cussing in your head. However, about 50 pages in, I started liking Lyle a bit more. ![]() The book also captures the fear and uncertainty that’s been going around during the covid pandemic newlyweds Jude and Lyle experience it after witnessing their infected neighbor attacked friends and Lyle is infected.Īt first, I liked Lyle and Jude about the same. There’s a virus outbreak that randomly started in another country and rapidly spread to the rest of the world, quarantines, and violence. My first thought upon starting Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely was that if you substituted zombies for covid-19, it would sum up 2020 almost perfectly. ![]()
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