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A review by coralinejones
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
3.5
Don't quite understand the hype of this book. Don't get me wrong, it's a good book, it tells a pretty warm, though bittersweet story, but Cameron... He truly rots the good this novel has to offer. I'd even argue he's the reason I'm giving this 3 stars and not 5; the only real negative critique I have to give about this novel.
Considering such a huge chunk of this story takes place in his point-of-view, and he in question is a giant man-child, it makes readers like myself eager to skip every time Cameron's chapters appear and move on to the other characters, particularly Marcellus (<3).
If Cameron was, I don't know, 16-18, I could excuse his personality. But finding out he was a 30 year old man?! And he acts like a whiny brat unable to take accountability for ANYTHING? Yeah, I could not stand that. I did not care about him. Not even a little bit.
I wish this story was just about Tova and Marcellus... Or just a book through Marcellus' point of view. That would've been interesting. That would've been a 5 star book for sure.
All-in-all, we needed more octopus and less humans.
Considering such a huge chunk of this story takes place in his point-of-view, and he in question is a giant man-child, it makes readers like myself eager to skip every time Cameron's chapters appear and move on to the other characters, particularly Marcellus (<3).
If Cameron was, I don't know, 16-18, I could excuse his personality. But finding out he was a 30 year old man?! And he acts like a whiny brat unable to take accountability for ANYTHING? Yeah, I could not stand that. I did not care about him. Not even a little bit.
I wish this story was just about Tova and Marcellus... Or just a book through Marcellus' point of view. That would've been interesting. That would've been a 5 star book for sure.
All-in-all, we needed more octopus and less humans.