I feel like I'm kind of on a streak of disagreeing with Goodreads ratings lately - add this one to the list.

Remarkably Bright Creatures was a cute, ostensibly feel-good novel that just lacked a bit of pizzazz for me. Fans of books like Man Called Ove and Eleanor Oliphant will enjoy Remarkably Bright Creatures.

I found the plot to be slow moving, and I wish she had gotten to the point a bit faster as the plot lost a lot of momentum in the middle. I feel like I knew what was going to happen from fairly early on, and it took the characters ages to catch up.I understand Cameron's whiney whoa-is-me attitude given his background, but I didn't find it charming and I didn't feel badly for him, instead I was just irritated by his immaturity and self-sabotaging behavior. I LOVED Tova, and think she was the true star of this book.

Spoiler

I am hoping in the after-world of this novel that Tova teaches Cameron to toughen up and get it together, he certainly needs a strong female role model in his life.

I loved Marcellus, and wish we had heard more from him, honestly.