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Rendezvous mit einem Oktopus: Extrem schlau und unglaublich empfindsam: Das erstaunliche Seelenleben der Kraken
Sy Montgomery
3.89 AVERAGE
2.84k reviews for:
Rendezvous mit einem Oktopus: Extrem schlau und unglaublich empfindsam: Das erstaunliche Seelenleben der Kraken
Sy Montgomery
3.89 AVERAGE
I was really excited to learn more about the octopus, and I did, but this is really more like the writer's journal of daily activities she came up with to try to get closer to some octopuses. I guess I wanted more scientific facts and less anecdotes about mistakes made learning how to scuba dive. I also found it hard to follow all the different people since it tends to jump all over the place a lot. The goal of the book I think was to try to convince us that we can form the same kind of relationship with an octopus as people have with more common pets, which I don't necessarily disagree with but it just seemed to be pushed too much throughout the book.
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Audiobook. 2.75: this was a good book but a bit repetitive and i wish there was more scientific facts than just her feeling in awe at the octopus. Im sure it was cool for her to regularly get to go to her local aquarium but after trip 5 its not a super interesting experiance for the reader. It was also hard to tell what pts were actual fact and which part where her just projecting onto the animal (like how pet owners do wt their dogs). I also was very weirded out at how sexual it got at parts? Idk i think its part of my already complicated feelings about humans using animals for their own entertainment/enjoyment so the thought of them having a big event where they let these animals (that throughout the book they emphasis the high intelligence and social nature of) finally interact wt another of their species and have sex just for the enjoyment of onlookers was weird. I read someone elses review on how this book does not analysie the ethics around aquariums and i think this scene really emphaised this point to me. The ethics r brushed off wt one point that "it makes ppl care" but this is not backed up by any example/source/ect and therefore kinda just seems like a lack of introspection. This review sounds harsher than i meant it to overall it wasnt a bad book and it was a good concept it was just boring at alot of parts. I wish it was written by someone wt a reasearch background in octopus who could give more insight
I'll admit it right now, this book did not lead me on an exploration into the wonder of consciousness. I'm not sure if it was the way it was written or if I had trouble relating to the content, but I just didn't get a sense of profound understanding when reading this book. Instead, I felt like I just read a lot about the author touching and being fascinated with an octopus.
Over the span of several years, the author takes the reader on a journey of her time while being at the New England Aquarium and her time observing the various octopuses there. Since an octopus lives for less than five years, there were a few that the reader met. It was also the employees and volunteers of the aquarium that consisted of the other characters involved, which did lend way for some interesting stories. But that is what this book whittled down to for me, it was just a collection of stories about people touching and observing the actions of the various octopuses. Yes, personality and differentiation was shows between all of the octopuses and it was somewhat interesting to learn about the author's dedication to even seeing octopuses in the wild. I never found myself as excited or as pumped up as the author was about all of this. It's not that I think octopuses are unimportant or scary, like some she mentioned, it's just that I didn't find the subject intriguing enough to put my heart into it. Many might think otherwise; I just found it pretty dull and the same thing over and over again. In the end, I never felt like any conclusions were drawn or morals observed, especially pertaining to the consciousness of both humans and octopuses.
Maybe I just don't have an Ariel side in me, I've never liked going to the beach either. So I'm sure that this is just personal preference that I didn't find any interest in this book.
Over the span of several years, the author takes the reader on a journey of her time while being at the New England Aquarium and her time observing the various octopuses there. Since an octopus lives for less than five years, there were a few that the reader met. It was also the employees and volunteers of the aquarium that consisted of the other characters involved, which did lend way for some interesting stories. But that is what this book whittled down to for me, it was just a collection of stories about people touching and observing the actions of the various octopuses. Yes, personality and differentiation was shows between all of the octopuses and it was somewhat interesting to learn about the author's dedication to even seeing octopuses in the wild. I never found myself as excited or as pumped up as the author was about all of this. It's not that I think octopuses are unimportant or scary, like some she mentioned, it's just that I didn't find the subject intriguing enough to put my heart into it. Many might think otherwise; I just found it pretty dull and the same thing over and over again. In the end, I never felt like any conclusions were drawn or morals observed, especially pertaining to the consciousness of both humans and octopuses.
Maybe I just don't have an Ariel side in me, I've never liked going to the beach either. So I'm sure that this is just personal preference that I didn't find any interest in this book.
a fairly shallow memoir that bills itself as a science/philosophy book. and the narration was not.. good.
i would have preferred a straight list of octopus anecdotes, with no science, to whatever this book tried to be.
i would have preferred a straight list of octopus anecdotes, with no science, to whatever this book tried to be.
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I learned a lot reading this book! Love that it all takes place at the New England Aquarium which is where I’ve spent so many summer hours just exploring the exhibits and looking at all of the animals. It makes me wonder which of the octopuses in this story I’ve seen before! You can tell Montgomery loves these creatures like no other, and her passion for these intelligent, curious, incredible animals is so evident. Although there are some sad parts in this book, I felt overall quite warm & fuzzy, comforted somehow, while reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Death, Dementia
I would say if you’re going to read a book to learn more about octopuses, this is not it. I did learn a bit, yeah, but mostly this book was just the author being self absorbed. The writing was overly personal and flowery in a way that didn’t contribute to the book at all. It honestly was just so heartbreaking to see how this magnificent creatures are kept in tanks for public enjoyment and never once does the author mention how that might be problematic, even though she does marvel about octopus intelligence. The majority of this book is literally just this woman going to the aquarium… it doesn’t seem like she’s a scientist at all and is not really doing anything except touching octopuses who are trapped and being like omggg it loves me we have such a deep connection. Also did not love the superiority complex of the author thinking that she’s better than all the other visitors at the aquarium.