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emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Grief
Minor: Death, Suicide
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Grief, Abandonment
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I really really enjoyed this book. Very lovable characters. Wish we had a little more resolution about Cameron’s mother, but otherwise pretty perfect.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Suicide attempt
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal death, Suicide
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a beautifully written story that centers human relationships, as well as our relationship with the ocean and its creatures. The characters were well-developed and interesting, and I care about all of them at least a little. However, I found the “magic octopus” parts of it to be off putting and detract from the book overall. I found myself being drawn out of the story by Marcellus’ POV chapters, having a difficult time suspending my disbelief. But the rest of the story makes up for it. I’ll be thinking about this one for a while.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A light read that follows many characters who come together and engage with each other. We have an octopus, an elderly woman, and a young man who come together be connected and develop a relationship. It was a little predictable and took time to get to the end, but definitely worth the read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
CW: death of a spouse, death of a child, cancer, addiction, parental abandonment, grief
🌟 Contemporary fiction
🌟 Definite tearjerker
I don't even know where to start with my feelings on this book.
I love octopuses (do not correct me, it is NOT octopi, I will 100% fight you 🤣), so I HAD to read it. Knowing how intelligent and sophisticated a creature they are, Marcellus' story isn't even far fetched.
The characters in this book stole my heart and refused to give it up. It's rare I come across novels with 70+yo characters so Tova was a delightful surprise. She reminds me so much of older women I've known in my life. Her losses in life were so plentiful, but she truly thrived in life despite of the cards she was dealt.
Cameron had the potential to be a serious PITA, but I understood his character and who he was the more I read. Maybe it was my own experience having an absent parent that made me connect with him in a less angrier way than some other readers.
Marcellus, my precious angel, was the star of the show. Sometimes humanising animals in a novel seems forced and becomes tiresome, but something about Marcellus' character and how he is just made sense, it felt right.
I cried so many tears at so many points reading this book and it just warmed my cold jaded heart at every turn. Even with the anxiety that wove through me during the "sliding doors" moments.
This book was a heartwarming journey of serendipity and cephalopod meddling.
Absolutely wonderful, and a book I am 100% likely to reread in the future.
🌟 Contemporary fiction
🌟 Definite tearjerker
I don't even know where to start with my feelings on this book.
I love octopuses (do not correct me, it is NOT octopi, I will 100% fight you 🤣), so I HAD to read it. Knowing how intelligent and sophisticated a creature they are, Marcellus' story isn't even far fetched.
The characters in this book stole my heart and refused to give it up. It's rare I come across novels with 70+yo characters so Tova was a delightful surprise. She reminds me so much of older women I've known in my life. Her losses in life were so plentiful, but she truly thrived in life despite of the cards she was dealt.
Cameron had the potential to be a serious PITA, but I understood his character and who he was the more I read. Maybe it was my own experience having an absent parent that made me connect with him in a less angrier way than some other readers.
Marcellus, my precious angel, was the star of the show. Sometimes humanising animals in a novel seems forced and becomes tiresome, but something about Marcellus' character and how he is just made sense, it felt right.
I cried so many tears at so many points reading this book and it just warmed my cold jaded heart at every turn. Even with the anxiety that wove through me during the "sliding doors" moments.
This book was a heartwarming journey of serendipity and cephalopod meddling.
Absolutely wonderful, and a book I am 100% likely to reread in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Abandonment
Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed the varied perspectives and POVs. While tragedy is a layer of multiple characters backstories it wasn’t triggering.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Abandonment
emotional
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse