Book review remarkably bright creatures6/25/2023 If it had been up to me, all the chapters would have revolved around Marcellus and how he eventually takes over Washington state. He is really the star of the whole story, but his chapters are few and far between. He can read, understands English, and has the ability to discern things about humans that we can’t see for ourselves. He’s a mischievous genius who escapes from his tank in the evenings to snack. The octopus’s name is Marcellus and he lives in the aquarium where Tova works. I know, right? That’s kind of what I was thinking, too. Tova does not believe her son would have done such a thing, and now some 30 years after her son’s death she still hasn’t found closure. How their son died has always been a mystery because his body was never found, but after the sailboat he had taken was discovered adrift, the police concluded that it was suicide. Her husband had died of cancer several years ago and before that they lost their only child, a son, when he was 18. She likes things neat and orderly, and it keeps her busy. She cleans the aquarium at the end of the day. Goodness.Īnyway, the story is about an old woman named Tova who works at an aquarium in Puget Sound. Well, my friends, just because I love octopuses doesn’t mean I know of every single octopus thing out there. You might be wondering why I didn’t already own it. This was also my official summer beach read which made it even more spectacular. So when my sister loaned me her copy of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, I had to read it right away. If you know me, you know I love octopuses.
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