Remarkably Bright Creatures wasn’t all that remarkable for me, but it’s one that is very popular amongst most readers. It’s a big hit for those that enjoyed A Man Called One as it follows a similar storyline with an elderly woman named Tova who finds solace in working night shifts at her local aquarium yet is occupied by the death of her son who mysteriously vanished 30 years ago. While working at the aquarium, Tova becomes acquainted with an octopus named Marcellus (my favorite character) who attempts to find the truth about what happened to Tova’s son. 

 

While I enjoyed the novel, I would be perfectly happy for the book to be entirely composed of chapters from the perspective of the octopus. There are a few chapters interspersed here and there from Marcellus’s point of view, the chapters with the human characters fell short. Overall, it’s a lighthearted read, but nothing about it was special.