A review by emmymgb
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery

Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

I loved the beginning and the parts where I was really learning about octopuses. However, I was a little disconcerted by all of these marine biologists going out for sushi. This ended up being a pre-cursor to further, deeper discomfort with

pulling an adult octopus out of the ocean who was traumatized, scared and never acclimated and then died with no reflection on how sad that was, or that there was human cruelty and wrong doing.

The “love” for the octopus began to feel selfish and disingenuous. I tried to push through because it’s such a popular and well regarded book, but the negative feelings won for me.