Remarkably Bright Creatures

I resisted reading this book. An octopus as a character? An octopus as a friend? An octopus that thinks like a human? No, not my sort of read, I thought.

But more and more people recommended it to me, and I finally gave in and got a copy.

So what do I think?

A story that's just the sort that I love.

Marcellus is a Giant Pacific Octopus who has lived for several years in an aquarium where Tova Sullivan works as a custodian. Tova has recently suffered the loss of her husband, and thirty years ago, she suffered the most devastating loss of her life when her teenaged son, Erik, disappeared on a boat. Marcellus is exceptionally perceptive, and it is up to Marcellus to help Tova figure out what happened to Erik so long ago.

Yes, I'm afraid I will now be nagging others to pick up a book about a talking octopus.