Wednesday, June 24, 2026--San Antonio
I read Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shlby Van Pelt only because I had 4 books on hold I was waiting to receive and had had finished one I had been reading. This book became immediately available due to the library having a no-holds-weekend for everyone interested. Although the story is interesting, I found it to be a rather soppy one and one which is overly filled with coincidences of missed/interrupted moments of communication that were critical points. I have Netflix and had avoided watching the movie version of the book because I wasn't sure if it would be worthshile. I won't see it now since I have read the book which I will not recommend to anyone who prefers well-written literature. Main points: 1) Elderly widow has no living relatives: husband died a couple of years ago, estranged brother just died, and her only son disappeared at sea at 18 years old. 2) She works as a janitor at the local aquarium cleaning it after closing time in the evenings while "talking" to the various sea creatures. 3) Young man was left by his mother at 7 years of age to live with his aunt and, although very intelligent, has been fired from jobs over and over again. 4) After looking through a school yearbook, he becomes convinced that a man who is in several class photos there must be his father--a man who is now a very wealthy developer. 5) He moves back to the town in Washington where his mother grew up trying to get an appointment to meet his "dad" and ask him to pay him the child support that was never received as he was growing up. From there, it becomes a comedy of errors with several side stories along the way. I gave the book 3 1/2 stars out of 5.
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