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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Warning: spoilers ahead

OK. People, I found this book really confusing. Way too many different characters to keep track of. Anyone else? I was listening to it most of the time so maybe not having the visual material contributed to that.

And I have a question… What happened to Monkey Pants? It said only his finger was left in the morning. Does that mean literally what it sounds like?[/quote]

I read this a couple of months ago, so it's not fresh and i don't have it to refer back to, but yes Monkey Pants died.  I interpreted the finger sentence to be that they were still holding/linked by the fingers when [i've forgotten the kid's name] woke up but monkey pants was gone (ie, dead) and all that was between them was this connection in their fingers.

I mostly enjoyed the book but it was a little too big and too messy for me.  Just too much going on.  I've forgotten this character, too, but the dancing immigrant Jewish peddler/turned failed baker character?  At my book club I said they could have done away with him altogether and it would have done nothing to the story except taken away pages.  But another book club person said he was her favorite, so, everyone picks up on different things in big messy books, I guess.  [/quote]

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