In Remarkably Bright Creatures, Tova is widowed and cleaning at the aquarium way beyond her retirement years just to have something to do. Lewis (5 stars), so I've had a reasonably mixed but largely positive reading experience with animal narrators. But I loved Watership Down by Richard Adams (5 stars) and The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. I hated Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley (1 star) a few years ago with the exception of the sections narrated by Lily the dog. Let me be clear though, if you can’t handle talking animals this isn’t a book for you. I usually don't have the patience for regular characters living their regular lives, however the idea of Marcellus the octopus being one of the three main characters intrigued me enough to hook me into this light and breezy read. It's an uplifting, faith restoring domestic mystery with a happy resolution at the end. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt isn't my usual fare.
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