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A review by haylsandtales
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫{4.5}
This was a beautiful story about love lost and love found, family, and surviving grief. An incredibly smart and mischievous octopus nearing the end of his life cycle. An older woman befriends the octopus when she cleans the aquarium. A Scottish man with a crush on said older woman. A young man with a history of being fired goes north to Washington in search of the father he’s never met. And the story of how all of their lives intertwine 💙🐙
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
🐙 multiple POV
🐙 literary fiction
🐙 random octopi facts
🐙 family
𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:
“𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦?”
“𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦? 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴.”
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴.”
“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
“𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭.”
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯.”
“𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴… 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴.”
This was a beautiful story about love lost and love found, family, and surviving grief. An incredibly smart and mischievous octopus nearing the end of his life cycle. An older woman befriends the octopus when she cleans the aquarium. A Scottish man with a crush on said older woman. A young man with a history of being fired goes north to Washington in search of the father he’s never met. And the story of how all of their lives intertwine 💙🐙
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
🐙 multiple POV
🐙 literary fiction
🐙 random octopi facts
🐙 family
𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:
“𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦?”
“𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦? 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴.”
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴.”
“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
“𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭.”
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯.”
“𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴… 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴.”