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I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical of a book featuring an anthropomorphic octopus, but this was an incredible read.
Remarkably Bright Creatures By Shelby Van Pelt
In the author’s acknowledgements, an early agent said of her “octopus as narrator idea" “This is
either brilliant or bananas.” As a reader I am going with “brilliant." I loved this book for the way she had several characters narrate the story (including the octopus), and the way she drove the story to an emotional conclusion with the discovery of the grandson/grandmother relationship and Marcellus’s return to the sea. It had an emotional impact on me ...more
In the author’s acknowledgements, an early agent said of her “octopus as narrator idea" “This is
either brilliant or bananas.” As a reader I am going with “brilliant." I loved this book for the way she had several characters narrate the story (including the octopus), and the way she drove the story to an emotional conclusion with the discovery of the grandson/grandmother relationship and Marcellus’s return to the sea. It had an emotional impact on me ...more
4.5⭐️
Sped read this audiobook for book club; wish I could’ve sat in it and enjoyed the world a little more
My loves Tova and Marcellus are 🥰
Cameron was 😳🫣🙄
Sped read this audiobook for book club; wish I could’ve sat in it and enjoyed the world a little more
My loves Tova and Marcellus are 🥰
Cameron was 😳🫣🙄
What an amazingly sweet story! This is not a fast paced book, but rather just an incredibly adorable tale of lives interwoven with one another. I absolutely LOVED Marcellus’s chapters and wish there had been more of them.
This was such a fun and magical read. While the plot was a little predicable, I didn't care because I was so excited to see it play out. I laughed, I cried, and I loved Marcellus.
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