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I've been fascinated by octopuses* ever since stumbling on a PBS documentary a few years ago, so I was delighted to learn that the title character of Remarkably Bright Creatures is an octopus named Marcellus, who lives in a somewhat rundown aquarium in a small seaside town in Washington. He's easily the most appealing of a generally appealing bunch of characters in this entertaining and engrossing book--the other point of view characters are all human, mostly people who work at or live near the
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I don’t like tear-jerker books & I was a little nervous at the beginning that this was going to be one of them. Though there were definitely some sad parts, I ended up really enjoying this story.
I loved the octopus POV!!!
I had a hard time getting past the basic premise of a puppet overlord octopus, but it was a charming book
5 star narration made this predictable, but very pleasant story a great listen.
It may not be the great American novel, but I just loved this sweet story!
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