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Remarkably Bright Creatures is a book I avoided reading until it became a book club selection. Do I confess it sounds too trite for my taste or do I just take the plunge? How bad could it be? Little did I know how much I would come to love Marcellus, a Giant Pacific Octopus now living in captivity. This sometimes narrator is intelligent, wise, and a keen observer of human foibles. His quirky and unusual relationship with Tova Sullivan, a widowed employee at the aquarium was just what they both needed, in many ways.

It is not often a book is well written, heartwarming, and easy to read. I never felt it was sappy, just smile on my face refreshing. I really need that every so often.