Big Fish by Daniel Wallace

This week Carly made me read Big Fish by Daniel Wallace. If you haven't read Big Fish, don't worry. We'll go over the plot, book report style, so you get the context you need to understand our clever observations. Surprisingly, Big Fish is a pretty G rated book. So we have no content warnings. We will keep our discussion G rated as well to match the book. For more about Big Fish, see the description below. 

In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. He could outrun anybody. He never missed a day of school. He saved lives and tamed giants. Animals loved him, people loved him, women loved him. He knew more jokes than any man alive. At least that’s what he told his son, William. But now Edward Bloom is dying, and William wants desperately to know the truth about his elusive father—this indefatigable teller of tall tales—before it’s too late. So, using the few facts he knows, William re-creates Edward’s life in a series of legends and myths, through which he begins to understand his father’s great feats, and his great failings. The result is hilarious and wrenching, tender and outrageous.