She has depended on being active to help her get through challenging times ever since her 18-year-old son Erik mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound more than 30 years ago.Īn enormous Pacific octopus kept in the aquarium, grumpy Marcellus, comes to know Tova. When her husband died, she was working the night shift at Sowell Bay Aquarium. Look into it, Excellently summarized, Chapter by Chapter, with important components, so that our readers will be eager to learn all that happened in the book.

Plus, I mean, Marcellus the octopus, loved him! My heart was just bursting by the end, such an enjoyable and charming read that tapped into the nuances of human nature in a way that had you rooting for all the characters.An Amazing Summary of Shelby Van Pelt's Book Remarkably Bright Creatures. She understands what it means to never be able to stop moving, lest you find yourself unable to breathe. What I really enjoyed was how Remarkably Bright Creatures blended a cosy main story with pockets of heartbreak and despair to give it real depth. His path crosses with Tova’s and we discover more about both of them. Meanwhile, Cameron is turning 30, a little lost in life and on a hunt to find his father which takes him to… Sowell Bay. She is a cleaner at the local aquarium, which is where she strikes up her unlikely friendship with Marcellus. And Tova does sadly have pain in her past. The type of place where everyone knows everyone and you can never shed your past, no matter how tragic it is. Tova Sullivan lives in Sowell Bay, Washington. I fully suggest going with it, as our octopus friend is wise, pithy and cuts to the chase much quicker than humans. You’re either going to like this fact and get invested in this idea or not. Yes, one of our narrators is INDEED an octopus, a giant Pacific octopus called Marcellus to be precise. Have you ever read a book with chapters narrated by an octopus? I then saw the cover on the left and loved it too as it so perfectly captures the story. This turned out to be a fitting link as the lead character in Remarkably Bright Creatures, Tova is a charming older lady in her 70s. (Yes, I DID judge this book by its cover.) My gran has these horses in her house, so they remind me of her. I’ve included two versions of its cover here (US on the left, UK on the right) as I originally saw the one on the right featuring a Swedish Dala Horse and decided to read it based on that. I read Remarkably Bright Creatures over the long Easter weekend and it was the perfect heart-warming book to keep me company over sunny, laid-back afternoons.

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