50.6k reviews for:

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

4.31 AVERAGE

emiwils's review against another edition

4.0

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Some of the “old woman” and “whiny man child” dialogue irked me but, my god, my heart beats for Marcellus.
Beautiful effort to heal grief and loss

anduman's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

altomariali's review against another edition

3.5

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This was a sweet story and I enjoyed a lot of the characters, but man-child Cameron and some unanswered questions kept me from enjoying this completely. 

mcbeth29's review against another edition

3.75

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jbessell's review against another edition

4.0

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I accidentally starting reading this book after having mistakenly thought it was ‘The Mountain in the Sea’ - another book including octopi. After the first 10% I realised that this was a very different book.

To sum up this book with a quote from Shelby
“The words seep through him, slow and warm like hot chicken broth on a cold day”

I didn’t intend to buy chicken broth but I’ll be damned if it is isn’t comforting.

awoowrites's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jbromen's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bekahkitterman's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

harroldinho98's review against another edition

3.0

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Interesting story from multiple perspectives and pretty funny at times. I thought it touched on very modern topics like your life not being over after retirement age, moving on after losing a loved one, and I’m pretty sure she was trying to write Cameron as someone struggling with ADHD/neurodivergence.

braymond2106's review against another edition

3.5

emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes