A review by kteliza28
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Listened to this in audiobook format. Honestly almost abandoned it from how slow paced it was and how I wasn’t loving the narrator pitching her voice for Cameron and the tone of the man’s voice used for Marcellus. The first half of the book really focused on Cameron and Tovas lives separately and it was hard to imagine how they ever end up sharing a storyline. I also struggled to see how Marcellus and Tova would ever grow exceptionally close.
This book took a real turn in the second half though when I almost put it down for good. Everything really shifted when the twist was revealed and from there I invested.
The way the story wrapped up so neatly and beautifully really made me change my mind about this book. I was wavering between 3.5 and 4 stars but landed on 4 after Tova and Marcellus’s farewell.
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