Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel

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A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

“Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” — Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late. 

Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09BNH4TLW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ecco (3 May 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4998 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0063415755

Reviewer: Robinstrike
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A remarkable read
Review: This book is a reminder that to be a great read all u need is brilliant characterisation… this book touches some chord in your heart and stays.. The friendship between tova and Marcellus is one of the best written bound with not a single mutual conversation.. wow 🤩

Reviewer: Sudeepta Rao
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pleasant Surprise
Review: I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this book! :)Based on the blurb, it might seem like an offbeat, sci-fi novel. But it’s actually a bittersweet, heartfelt and at some level relatable story. Highly recommend!

Reviewer: Satheesh M
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Phenomenal
Review: Must read for the beautiful emotional connections that are part of every life form in the world. Soul connecting stuff

Reviewer: Shilpa R.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Truly heart warming
Review: It’s a very good read. Emotional bits and funny moments make it a very interesting combination. Wonderful debut. Looking forward to more such content. At every moment even while knowing it is a fiction, the reader gets drawn into the story and feeling for the main characters. Marcellus and Tova, I ll miss you

Reviewer: felina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A pleasurable read
Review: Thoroughly enjoyable!

Reviewer: Prerna Munshi
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A hearty read
Review: What a hearty read! A year ago, I watched this beautiful documentary ‘My Octopus Teacher’ and eversince then, I have been intrigued by the cephalopod. Although the book is a work of fiction but I am inclined to believe that Octopuses can display signs of immense intelligence and empathy. Needless to say, the reticent Marcellus has swept me off my feet. Despite considering humankind preposterous , he brings two lonely humans together and how!The book is elaborately written. You almost begin to identify yourself as a commoner in Sowell Bay. It also explores how humans resist change but once they shift to it, they can open up hitherto known paradigms. Although I felt, when Cameron’s and Tova’s relationship was made obvious almost half way into the book, certain sections could have been skipped.Anyways, I have read something this adorable after very long and I will congratulate the author. If this is her first endeavor (that too on a prompt in a contest), she has so much to offer in the future.

Reviewer: Avni
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Must, must read
Review: Its a book review.No matter your preferences, its a book that will be loved by all who love to read.

Reviewer: nidhi mahesh mehrotra
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Feel good read overdone
Review: The beautiful bond between Tova, a 70 year old janitor, and Marcellus, a Pacific octopus is endearing. Tova’s character is well sketched. The small setting, a sprinkling of different characters, and their quirks add to the plot with a dash of humor. It begins well, with a warm and fuzzy feeling. You smile as Marcellus keeps sharing his observations of humans passing his tank in the aquarium. You want the old, petite, strong, and resilient Tova to find her son or some sort or a closure. Her journey to that end with Marcellus as the guide/ conspirator is the core of this book. In comes Cameron, a man in search of a long lost father. The small town bursts with chatter. And here on the Story dives right into a typical movie plot of lost and found relations, reunions and happy endings that give every character the piece of pie they were after.It’s a nice feel good read but halfway down the old tropes and formulae writing try your patience.

Reviewer: Nay Family
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Enjoyed this so much. The characters felt real and human. Loved reading the inner dialogue from Marcellus. I would expect an octopus to be intelligent and smug. Cameron’s pain from abandonment was authentic and I cried with him. It did tie up too neatly in the end, but I didn’t care at that point. I’m a sucker for animal stories.

Reviewer: Linda Pfeiffer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This story is about love and loss and just getting on with it. In 2024, I bought and read 70 books for my Kindle, and this was my favourite among them all. Tova Sullivan is a 70-something widow living alone in her beloved house. Her only child, Erik, died in a tragic boating accident when he was only eighteen, some thirty years before. Tova never saw dirt that she didn’t automatically and thoroughly clean up immediately. So after her husband, Will, died, she accepted a job at the aquarium cleaning it after closing for the day. There she meet, Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus, who has been held in captivity since he was a juvenile. And as the sign on his display area says: His life span is four years, which is 1460 days, and Marcellus is counting down every one of them.To me, these are the two main characters of the book, but there are many more whom you will meet while reading this fascinating story. I will be thinking about the two main characters for a very long time and never want to forget them.As I said, this is my favourite book of 2024, and I plead with the author, Shelby Van Pelt to write another one soon. Such imagination and such immense talent.

Reviewer: Jorge
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Hace mucho que no leía un libro tan especial, me ha encantado. Tiene un lugar especial en mi corazón ❤️🐙

Reviewer: Jaime
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Aunque llega un punto que el desenlace es obvio de todas formas no puedes dejar de leerlo. Es una novela en la cual no podía parar de leer. Te engancha totalmente.

Reviewer: mle michelle lewington
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Amazing book

4.5

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