Read February 2023
This month I read Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. I thoroughly enjoyed it and especially loved the ‘voice’ of the octopus. It was a pleasant read after the super heavy Tattooist of Auschwitz.
I read this for Well Read Book Club and thoroughly enjoyed it. Who wouldn’t love that octopus? He was so perfectly written - I could picture every scene with him perfectly. About the storyline - yes, I had read some critiques about how there were too many coincidences... but that was just the beauty of this particular story. It was meant to be that way! And I loved all the full circle connections and relationships. And of course I loved the redeeming qualities of the story - I’m a big fan of people getting their lives together and living happily (mostly?) ever after.
Some highlights from the book...
Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.
Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?
She understands what it means to never be able to stop moving, lest you find yourself unable to breathe.
Some trees aren’t meant to sprout tender new branches, but to stand stoically on the forest floor, silently decaying.
Humans are the only species who subvert the truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns.
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