Although some serious topics were sensitively tackled, the story was a hopeful and uplifting one. There is a mystery, and at times I felt I knew where the story was going, but this did not take away from the overall impact of the story.
The story was well-paced and had the perfect combination of drama, emotion, humor, and wisdom. It was fresh, creative, original, and inspired. The story was unlike anything I’ve read before. The relationship that develops between Tova and Marcellus never felt contrived. I don’t want to give away any of the story, but Marcellus has a role in the connections and bonds that form between the characters. The chapters narrated by Marcellus were very short, but they were pure magic and one of the highlights of the book, as he shares his clever observations about life and the human condition.Īll of the main and peripheral characters were so realistically and beautifully written. I began this book thinking that I would not like it, and would not be interested in an octopus being a narrator, but it totally surprised me. The story is told from the points of view of Tova, Cameron, and yes…….Marcellus the octopus, whose shorter chapters I ended up loving the most. The way the author intersected the lives of these three characters was beyond clever. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt is a heartwarming, charming, and unconventional story about the friendship between a lonely widow (Tova), a down on his luck young man (Cameron), and a giant Pacific octopus (Marcellus).
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