This one has been a little slow going for me so far. Wouldn‘t have expected that from a book with a giant octopus! (think the book should feature more of the octopus 🐙)
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This one has been a little slow going for me so far. Wouldn‘t have expected that from a book with a giant octopus! (think the book should feature more of the octopus 🐙)
pick4⭐️ despite being on the cover the book isn‘t about the octopus as much as one woman. But I‘m fine with that. It was a good story.
pickAnother book with an octopus as a character and it‘s great! Ro has come to a time in her life where she needs to decide what her next step will be. Her father is missing, her mom is silent, her friend is busy and her latest boyfriend is off to Mars. The only part that scientifically bothered me was the takeoff from Earth directly to Mars. They will take off from our moon. Science! Good read. Very relatable to a lot of families out there.
pickLike other reviewers have said, I would have liked Dolores the octopus to be a larger part of the story. But I did like this. It isn‘t as feel good as Remarkably Bright Creatures, in fact it‘s a very different book.
Ro‘s dad disappeared suddenly years ago, and now she‘s going through a breakup that feels like a second abandonment. She leans pretty hard on drinking and isolation to cope.
pickThis was a terrific book. Ro works in an aquarium, taking care of Delores, a giant octopus. Ro is stuck, her boyfriend has broken up with her to train for a mission to Mars. (I‘m guessing this is a very near future setting.) She‘s spiraling, drinking too much. The book is all about imperfect characters, dysfunctional families, but also growth and moving forward. I loved it. This may be the author‘s first book, I believe. I‘m impressed.
pickI was really kinda afraid that this would be too similar to Remarkably Bright Creature's but I took a chance anyhow and I'm so happy this is truly it's only little book. Ro was a character I was really able to relate to in many different ways. As far as debut efforts goes this one was solid and I'll keep an eye out for more of her books in the future.
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After loving “Remarkably Bright Creatures” last year, I was immediately drawn to the synopsis of this book. It‘s a very different story from that one - quietly beautiful and vibrant in its own way (and less of the octopus than I expected). ⬇️
pickSay Giant Pacific Octopus and I‘m in - that‘s all I knew here. It‘s a unique take on a near future Korean-American immigrant family and community. There‘s generational trauma, there‘s enduring grief, Mars is being colonized (that's really just a sidebar to the story), and there‘s Delores/Lo the GPO although not as big a presence as anticipated. I wanted to love it as much as Remarkably Bright Creatures. I didn‘t but still enjoyed the read.
