A review by caribbeangirlreading
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

"All these things had been store away for her to pass along someday, relics to be carried up the branches of the family tree. But the family tree stopped growing long ago, its canopy thinned and frayed, not a single sap springing from the old rotting trunk. Some trees aren't meant to sprout tender new branches, but to stand stoically on the forest floor, silently decaying."

Sometimes books come into your life at the right time. This was one of them. Tova and Marcellus will live in my heart forever.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy