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Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

Start date: August 1, 2025

Finish date: August 31, 2025

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Jan 31, 2024 Amanda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dreamers-and-immigrants, fourth-walling, magical-realism, older-generation, pov-multiple, classics-contemporary, fiction, format-audible, poc-secondary-characters, in-media-res

I've been circling this book for ages, watching it hit dozens of lists, constantly resetting the hold in my Libby app everytime it came in and I hadn't found time to read it. Then, suddenly, right after finishing Sabrina Imbler's autobiographical How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures, it seemed the perfect time to slide right into this one.

I ended up being 100% right and devoured this book obsessively from the first words. I fell so deeply in love with Marcellus, Tova, and Came ...more

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Dec 30, 2022 Asya rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2022

My vote for most charming book of 2022. 🐙
“As a general rule, I like holes. A hole at the top of my tank gives me freedom.
But I do not like the hole in her heart. She only has one, not three, like me.
Tova's heart.
I will do everything I can to help her fill it.” ...more

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Aug 24, 2025 Melissa rated it really liked it

Marcellus was the best character and narrator. Would have loved more of him. A very sweet book about finding family and how to move on. Was a bit predictable in parts.

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