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Jennifer (JenIsNotaBookSnob) asked this question about The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness:

Does this book get less sappy? I've enjoyed quite a few books like this one, BUT, this one is just so saccharine in the first couple chapters. If it gets better, I'll stick with it.

Judy For me the book was full of wonder and not sappy at all. The author observes the octopuses at the Boston Aquarium and at the Seattle Aquarium (for an …moreFor me the book was full of wonder and not sappy at all. The author observes the octopuses at the Boston Aquarium and at the Seattle Aquarium (for an Octopus blind date) and later in the wild in the Caribbean and Polynesia. It may not be the book for you. (less)

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